[sdiy] 'seeing' esd

[KA4HJH]

>Bit of a dumb thing to bring up I guess, obvious to most folk maybe, but I
>just found it rather curious. It kinda gives you 'proof' that you really do
>build up quite charge and it's interesting to see how quickly you can build
>up this charge again after messing about on your bench for a few minutes.
>Now I'm convinced I need to get a wrist strap.

Heh heh. I have a large van de Graaf generator here if you REALLY want to
destroy something. I can get 12" discharges no problem.

If you really want to SEE some ESD build one yourself:

http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1135/vande.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/ak/egel/vande.html

http://home.HiWAAY.net/~jjb/


-- 
Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"