Bryan,
Most of our problems have been between the strap and the wrist (dry skin) or the snaps themselves.    If the snaps aren't tight, you may get intermittent alarms.
IC lotion and conductive buttons between the snaps has taken care of most of our problems.  Many operators won't wear the wrist strap snug enough.  The alarms keep everyone honest.
The alarm confirms your ground is lost.  Without the monitor all those daily lost grounds go unattended potentially damaging product.

Andy Ganster

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Subject: [TN] Wrist strap continuous monitoring

Hi Folks

Any consensus on the usefulness of continuous wrist strap monitoring ? I have been running a pilot line and have had a lot of problems due to constant alarms. Can't, at the moment, figure out if this is just a true reflection on variation in operator grounding or some failings in the monitoring system. Any experiences out there ?

Regards

Bryan Kerr
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