Samsung PL43E400U1F - Static Electricity Precautions

1.Precaution
1.3.StaticElectricityPrecautions
1)Somesemi-conductive(“solidstate”)devicesarevulnerabletostaticelectricity.ThesedevicesareknownasESD.
ESDincludestheintegratedcircuitandtheeldeffecttransistor.Toavoidanymaterialsdamagefromelectrostatic
shock,followtheinstructionsdescribedbelow.
2)Removeanystaticelectricityfromyourbodybyconnectingtheearthgroundbeforehandlinganysemi-conductiveparts
orassemblies.Alternatively,wearadischargeablewrist-belt.
(Makesuretoremoveanystaticelectricitybeforeconnectingthepowersource-thisisasafetyinstructionfor
avoidingelectricshock)
3)RemovetheESDassemblyandplaceitonaconductivesurfacesuchasaluminumfoiltopreventaccumulatingstatic
electricity.
4)DonotuseanyFreon-basedchemicals.SuchchemicalswillgeneratestaticelectricitythatcausesdamagetotheESD.
5)Useonlygrounded-tipironsforsolderingpurposes.
6)Useonlyanti-staticsolderremovaldevices.
Mostsolderremovaldevicesdonotsupportananti-staticfeature.Asolderremovaldevicewithoutananti-staticfeature
canstoreenoughstaticelectricitytocausedamagetotheESD.
7)DonotremovetheESDfromtheprotectiveboxuntilthereplacementisready.MostESDreplacementsarecoveredwith
lead,whichwillcauseashorttotheentireunitduetotheconductivefoam,aluminumfoilorotherconductivematerials.
8)RemovetheprotectivematerialfromtheESDreplacementleadimmediatelyafterconnectingittothechassisor
circuitassembly.
9)TakeextremecautioninhandlinganyuncoveredESDreplacements.Actionssuchasbrushingclothesorliftingyourleg
fromthecarpetoorcangenerateenoughstaticelectricitytodamagetheESD.
CAUTION
Theseservicinginstructionsareforusebyqualiedservicepersonnelonly.
Toreducetheriskofelectricshockdonotperformanyservicingotherthanthatcontainedintheoperatinginstructions
unlessyouarequaliedtodoso.
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