Antistatic mat ground

[Tony3dd]

Hi All, I just bought an antistatic mat which has a banana plug for earth ground. Is it safe to plug this into my Korad's green ground on my power supply? There would be no chance of hurting the power supply from a large static shock correct? My new solder station does not have a banana plug like my old one did. I checked with my multimeter, and the Korad does have continuity between the plug, and the ground lug on the power cord. Thanks.

[Steve Johnson]

AS long as it's the same point as the ground pin on the AC plug there should be no problem with doing it that way. 

I made one of these for each of my benches.

The banana jack is just connected to the ground pin.  It's held firmly in place by the strain relief on the plug.  You can plug in a mat or a wrist strap.

[Tony3dd]

That's a great idea. Thanks.