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My Smart-Ass Wrist Strap Tests to Try...
[1] Take the lead from a wrist strap and plug it in one terminal of your ohmmeter.
[2] Put on the wrist strap.
[3] Hold the other lead from your ohmmeter in your fingers.
[4] Read the ohmmeter.
then/or
[1] Take the lead from a wrist strap and plug it in one terminal of your ohmmeter.
[2] Probe the wrist strap with the other lead from you ohmmeter.
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Now I haven't done that in years, but IIRC there is a megohm or more built into that strap.
Personally, I've used a wrist strap almost daily for years w/o a problem with shock.
BUT, I would never use one around a tube TV. There's no reason to, and with kV-levels, it would of course be stupid.
Use wrist straps where they may do some good, around microcircuits.
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