Packaging and electro-static discharge (was: Packing suggestions...)

From: Geoff Reed <geoffr_at_zipcon.net>
Date: Sat Feb 23 22:02:18 2002

At 09:52 PM 2/23/02 -0500, you wrote:

>Why is electro-static discharge being ignored in these postings? At
>the very least, please make sure that foam chips, bubble-wrap and
>plastic bags (unless they're anti-static), etc. don't touch circuit
>boards or any connectors. I've received more than one piece of
>equipment that's been packed only in ordinary bubble-wrap, or
>bubble-wrap and foam chips, and, while most of it appeared to be
>undamaged, that's not to say that some damage wasn't done to the
>circuitry which will result in eventual fauilure. Surely anyone who
>collects computers should understand the effects of static electricity
>on many types of integrated circuits. Basic electronics knowledge, at
>a minimum, is vital to computer collecting if this hobby isn't to
>become known as "computer destruction."

You can get anti-stat bubble wrap, it's usually pink or red.....
Received on Sat Feb 23 2002 - 22:02:18 GMT

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