[Elecraft] Packing Peanuts

[GaryK9GS]

Frankly I'm shocked that Elecraft used Styrofoam packing peanuts.   I work in electronics manufacturing and my company has banned them from our building well over a decade ago.  All of our vendors are required to not use them.  They are a killer for electronic components.
It is precisely the static charge that causes them to stick to everything.   What do you think happens to that static charge that is present on your body after handling this packing material when you open a static bag containing static sensitive parts?  It has to go somewhere.


73,
Gary K9GS
-------- Original message --------From: "Ian Kahn, KM4IK" <km4ik.ian at gmail.com> Date: 6/17/17  4:23 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: 'Kevin - K4VD' <kevin at k4vd.net>, 'Elecraft Reflector' <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Packing Peanuts 
On every Elecraft kit I've ever gotten, any static-sensitive parts are
packed in anti-static protective bags. Shouldn’t be an issue.

73 de,

--Ian
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Packing Peanuts

Does being packed in all those static-charged peanuts represent a danger to
electronic equipment like the K2?

Kev K4VD

On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 4:44 PM, Rose <elecraftcovers at gmail.com> wrote:

> Or hair spray ...
>
> 73
>
> Ken - K0PP
>
> On Jun 17, 2017 14:42, "Bob McGraw K4TAX" <rmcgraw at blomand.net> wrote:
>
> > Just spray the inside of the trash container with Fabric Softener.  
> > As to the ones in the box, same thing.  Static gone.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Bob, K4TAX
> >
> >
> > On 6/17/2017 3:20 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
> >
> >> Just received a K2 kit via UPS -- my third in fact -- and spent 20 
> >> comical minutes trying to empty out the styrofoam packing peanuts.
> >>
> >> They come, apparently, fully charged.  They cling to my fingers.  
> >> They cling to my shirt.  They cling to the outer shipping box.  
> >> After I get about ten handfuls into a small trash bag the common 
> >> charge results in
> the
> >> smaller pieces flying out again.  Back onto my fingers.  Grabbing 
> >> them
> with
> >> one hand while holding a cold water faucet with the other didn' t 
> >> help
> at
> >> all.
> >>
> >> Whenever I get a kit I feel as if I have to do the electrostatic 
> >> equivalent of a detox shower before I do the parts inventory.  
> >> Isn't
> there
> >> some good substitute for these accursed things?  Maybe like their
> ancestors
> >> -- real peanuts?  At least you can eat those while you're unpacking 
> >> the
> kit
> >> . . .
> >>
> >> Ted, KN1CBR
> >>
> >>
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