Model GAM-6
Wrist Strap Monitor / Tester

Continuously monitors the static discharge paths from
operator's skin to ground-neutral bond at service entrance.

Features:

• Continuous monitoring of the static discharge path from operator's skin to ground-neutral bond at service entrance.
• Enables testing of footstraps, heelstraps, conductive shoes and all elements of the workstation.

The Model GAM-6 is the new generation version of the most reliable Continuous Wrist Strap Monitor available today. This, as well as the MultiMonitor^TM, are the only devices capable of both monitoring and testing. Its advanced circuitry continuously monitors the entire static discharge circuit from the operator's skin to earth ground . . . and permits testing every element of the ESD workstation.

It provides audible and visual validation of grounding integrity, and -- if the ground is compromised -- shows the source of the problem.

Economical, Foolproof, Instrument Grade Monitor/Tester Also Confirms Ground Path

The GAM-6 is a highly reliable instrument that continuously monitors any standard wrist strap and coil cord. No adjustments are ever required. It is sensitive enough to monitor a 5th percentile female, essentially a 5 foot tall, 90lb. girl, as well as to reliably monitor a 95th percentile male, a 6 foot 5 inch 250lb. man. Combining this performance range with insensitivity to the effects of squeezing or stretching the coil cord makes the Model GAM-6 Continuous Wrist Strap Monitor the most dependable and cost-effective instrument of this type available today.

The GAM-6 has two pairs of red and green LEDs, two banana jacks, an audible alarm and a 5 foot line cord. The first pair of LEDs indicate correct outlet polarity and a satisfactory ground path, i.e. less than 1K ohms resistance. The second pair confirm continuity from the operator to ground via the wrist strap, coil cord and wrist strap-to-skin contact. The instant a grounding fault is detected, the audible alarm sounds, the appropriate green LED turns off and the red LED turns on alerting the operator to correct the problem before work-in-progress can be damaged.

The banana jack on the right is for the operator's coil cord. The jack on the left provides a soft ground for an anti-static mat. Unsnapping the coil cord from the wrist strap and snapping it onto the Standby Stap^TM provides a convenient holder for the coil cord and silences the alarm when the operator leaves the workstation. The Standby Stap^TM also provides a means of testing footstraps, conductive shoes, anti-static mat snaps and static dissipative work surfaces.

This compact instrument can be conveniently mounted any place on the worksurface.

^*Note: For 240 volt use, specify Model GAM-6E