3M type 2209 disposable grounding wrist strap
name: label: maker
content: 3M Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A single-use strap designed to prevent a static electric charge from damaging electronic devices during unpacking. The user attaches one end of the strap to their wrist and the other end to an electrical ground. A static charge will be conducted to ground rather than to the electronics. Made by 3M Electrical Specialties Division, Austin, TX. No extant markings on strap. Instructions and warning notices printed on envelope
label: Description (Brief)
content: Static electricity has been the subject of experimentation since Benjamin Franklin’s era. Protection against static discharges are typically rods and arresters for the very large scale static discharge called lightning. But smaller scale discharges can damage sensitive equipment, a serious problem for computer devices. This strap is one method used to protect against static discharges on that small scale.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0278.21
label: accession number
content: 2022.0278
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0278.21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: grounding strap
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: strap (folded): 5 in x 1 in x 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 2.54 cm x .635 cm
label: Measurements
content: package: 6 in x 3 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 15.24 cm x 8.89 cm x .635 cm