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Re: Solving static electricity problems by grounding the frame

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Originally Posted by ErichKeane View Post
Another household device which has the body grounded is your computer case, for the same reasons.
Household device wiring is quite a different case...one side of AC line power is connected (literally) to the ground. The case of the computer is grounded to keep the exposed metal parts of the computer at ground potential.

Anyways, I don't see any advantage to connecting the wood frame of our robot to the negative battery terminal.