RisingFire
New Member
Ok, i have some sheet metal and some metal braces
and some metal screws that i feel are creating dangerous static electricity.
this is what i made
its a dance pad for the game dance dance revolution on the playstation.
https://www.angelfire.com/d20/ddrhomepad/
The arrow panels have wires that connect to a directional circuit and a ground circuit within the playstation controllers PCB.
everything works fine and all once its wired up.
but after a while, the controller gets fried somehow.
i've tried many different controllers and many different soldering irons with different wattages.
then i thought maybe its the static electricity coming from people stepping on the sheet metal and pieces of plastic rubbing, and people stepping on the plastic.
I figured the easiest way to ground this is to somehow use the 3rd prong in a wall outlet... but i nkow nothing about electronics really.
can i take a grounded power cord...
cut off the female end...
find the wire that connects to the half circle male end that goes into the wall for grounding...
cut off the other male pins for the HOT and the NEUTRAL...
connect the grounding wire to the sheet metal....
and plug the cord into a wall outlet?
at this point only the half circle ground pin will be going into the outlet.
will that work as a ground?
i'm afraid of plugging stuff in the wall hehe.
Rise
email or aim please. ( RisinFire )
nick.hoang@verizon.net
and some metal screws that i feel are creating dangerous static electricity.
this is what i made
its a dance pad for the game dance dance revolution on the playstation.
https://www.angelfire.com/d20/ddrhomepad/
The arrow panels have wires that connect to a directional circuit and a ground circuit within the playstation controllers PCB.
everything works fine and all once its wired up.
but after a while, the controller gets fried somehow.
i've tried many different controllers and many different soldering irons with different wattages.
then i thought maybe its the static electricity coming from people stepping on the sheet metal and pieces of plastic rubbing, and people stepping on the plastic.
I figured the easiest way to ground this is to somehow use the 3rd prong in a wall outlet... but i nkow nothing about electronics really.
can i take a grounded power cord...
cut off the female end...
find the wire that connects to the half circle male end that goes into the wall for grounding...
cut off the other male pins for the HOT and the NEUTRAL...
connect the grounding wire to the sheet metal....
and plug the cord into a wall outlet?
at this point only the half circle ground pin will be going into the outlet.
will that work as a ground?
i'm afraid of plugging stuff in the wall hehe.
Rise
email or aim please. ( RisinFire )
nick.hoang@verizon.net