racepres said

RichardsDWs said

SCORPIO said

To what do you attach the ground strap from the press?

This is a basement situation for me, so the water pipes run on the ceiling: Cold water pipe; "the ground wire in a receptacle" (assuming a 3 wire... hot, neutral and ground)

Sorry but, On the Reloading sites I visit, this practice is a No No...Me no no Why...but, not ever having any static problems, I only notice such things in Passing  

I can see it as optional, but a no, no??... nope. I contacted Dillon, Lee and RBC, all said you can but optional. Specifically, this is Dillon's response:

"You can ground the machine if you like. There are posts on Brian Enos's forum that discuss this. If you are experiencing static electricity in the powder measure tube, it can be addressed by swabbing out the inside of the tube with a laundry dryer sheet.

Additionally you can cut a narrow strip from the dryer sheet.
Run it all the way down the inside of the powder hopper.
Fold the rest over the top of the hopper and tape it to the outside for continuous static dampening.

See if these techniques help to eliminate or reduce the problem."

Lee said optional but is static is a issue, put a anti-static matt on the floor (which would be grounded) to take away static from your person (mostly cloths, shoes, etc.).

It's a cheap, one-time install with no harm so I choose to do it.

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