Quote Originally Posted by Eonnn View Post
These all sound like excellent idea's but when you say connect to earth, how do you do that? for example the wrist straps, I have a metal bed frame would I just connected it to the metal and that's it? and the socks do these have to be mains powered or can you just connect it to metal?

How do you know if something is earthed?

You must connect the wrist straps and other earthing items to a strong electrical earth source. Some people use a metal rod which is driven into the ground (earth), but metal water supply pipes also work really well, as they travel deep in the ground by their very design.

Sometimes the earth pin on an electrical mains power socket can be used (via an adaptor), but to use this as an earth source, you must be sure it connected to a safe earth and the earthing device or plug adaptor must have a resistor fitted inline.

The most ideal earth connection sources are metal water pipes or a dedicated metal/copper rod driven into the ground.

Hope this helps

Jexx