(Topic ID: 143807)

What happens if you DON'T ground a DMD?

By Archytas

8 years ago



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#1 8 years ago

I recently got hold of a nice WH20 and swapped the DMD out for a spare color one I had. Whilst doing this I noticed the original DMD had no ground braid attached. If I had left this alone what's havoc could this have caused? Luckily my color DMD had a ground braid supplied so I fitted this with the color DMD when I swapped them out. I'm not very savvy with machine electronics so I was just curious as to what could have gone wrong if this was left unchecked.

#2 8 years ago

Ground braid is for human safety only, unattached is not going to hurt anything electronically - but all ground braid should be properly attached for safety whenever you find them broken or missing.

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