On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 11:49:02AM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 11:40 AM Christopher Havel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Forgive the horribly embarrassingly so-late-it's-early chime-in from a dork > > on his phone :P but it's worth noting that antistatic bags are generally > > conductive on one side (and only one side!) -- especially the > > darkly-translucent aluminized Mylar kind. > > ah. that's good to know :) > > i've never had any issues with this, perhaps a different type of bag? > > still if you are concerned, pablo, use a piece of paper instead. just > please not a plastic bag (PC, Nylon, PVA) > > it goes without saying that you should not be wearing your favourite > polyester shirt, rubber-soled shoes and the 70s nylon fashionable > trousers and the brown wool hairy cardigan [i actually had one of > those], doing this all on the shag rug carpet. > > if you don't have an anti-static mat (with the strap and everything) > then a tiled floor, wooden desk, and if you have a radiator nearby or > you know *for a fact* that a piece of electrical or electronic > equipment has an earth connection (many laptop PSUs *DO NOT HAVE > GROUND*) just touch the metal before handling the PCBs ok?
Thank you both for the warning and advice. I am going to take it serious and be careful. ...besides that your wording is absolutley hilarious. Just imagine me in the described 70s outfit amidst whisps of *magic smoke*... _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
