[Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat?

[Don Ehrlich]

Generally, the color pink denotes a material that will not *create* static. 
i.e. it does not shed electrons easily.  However, it will *not* dissipate an 
existing static charge because it is non-conductive and is therefore useless 
as a static mat.

Packing material that is at least slightly conductive is usually colored 
black and it is used where items must be shielded.  It could be used as a 
mat in theory but, practically, it would probably not work very well.  As 
others have suggested .. invest in a real static mat.

Don K7FJ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <k4tmc at aol.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 6:19 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat?


> First, don't worry, I have not started to remove anything from the ESD 
> bags.
>
> There is quite a lot of that pink antistatic bubblewrap protecting the 
> pieces of the K3 kit.  Is is possible that those could be used as a static 
> dissipating work mat?
>
> 73,
> Henry - K4TMC
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