CD optical block shorting links
Ian Field wrote in message
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"Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:55:50 -0000, "N_Cook"
wrote:
Is there something in the laser assembly that is especially prone to
static
damage?
Directly adjacent to the laser is a spinning piece of plastic
sometimes referred to as a CD or DVD. Like all good plastic parts,
it's quite capable of turning into a Van de Graaff generator.
So you need to leave the anti-static shorting links on when its operating
then?
I thought they were just for transit and handling!
And for confusing absent minded electronic engineers.
The whole unit was in an antistatic bag for transit purposes, inside the
box, so whatever these links are for is for just the mechanical fixing and
connecting in cables, with m/c off -line off course.
I'd never considered any problems associated with mini Wilmshurst
generators.
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