[Elecraft] Aren't some egg cartons ESD generators???

[Paul Gates, KD3JF]

I never did like the egg cartons because too difficult to remove parts at times. I leave the parts in the bage or put parts in plastic boxes with the divisions.

Paul, KD3JF

--- On Thu, 8/28/08, Vic K2VCO <vic at rakefet.com> wrote:

From: Vic K2VCO <vic at rakefet.com>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Aren't some egg cartons ESD generators???
To: "George" <saywhat at alltel.net>
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 11:30 AM

George wrote:

> Are not most egg cartons these days made of polystyrene or something
> similiar?  If so, doesn't that material cause ESD??  Seems to me it
> does. I have avoided the use of that type, thinking that the answers
> to both questions is yes.  

I would think that the foam ones are dangerous. There is a 'crackly' 
feel to them sometimes!

I pick up metal muffin tins at yard sales, usually for $0.25 or so. Then 
I connect them to ground through a 1 megohm resistor. I also have a 
metal yard(meter)-stick attached to the front of my workbench which is 
similarly grounded, a wrist strap and an anti-static mat. All of these 
items are connected to a common ground, through resistors.

-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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