I have never seen it in residential carpeting but some places where I have worked had carpets with a fine wire woven in with the other fibers. It was to prevent static electricity. You can also get little straps that go on the shoes to drain static electricty.
David K0LUM At 2:46 PM -0500 2/25/10, Steve Ellington wrote: >As for ESD....Someone here suggested going barefooted. I've verified this. >It works. Socks are not allowed! This also lets you run "barefoot" while >running the amp. Replacing carpet with wood flooring helps too but a bit >more expensive. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
