[sdiy] Organizing Components

[James Patchell]

One minor warning about the black anti static foam...it is maybe not a good 
idea to leave parts in that for very long.  It won't hurt them, but if the 
parts sit around in it for about 20+ years like some of my old parts, it 
can really make a mess if it starts to decompose.  Now, not all of the 20+ 
year old foam decomposed, but a lot of it did.  And, there is no way to 
tell what it will do until it does it.....so be careful....
At 10:28 PM 3/2/2004 -0500, Jay wrote:
>on 3/2/04 10:21 PM, Scott Stites at scottnoanh at peoplepc.com wrote:
>
> > Careful with the non-conductive plastic drawers - sliding them open/pushing
> > them shut makes them fairly effective static field generators (in the eyes
> > of certain components, they may as well be Van der Graaf generators).  I
> > don't have any qualms with using them for storing caps, resistors, nuts,
> > bolts, screws, candy etc., but my semiconductors are kept well away 
> from 'em
> > as a general rule.
>
>Well, of course. I have plenty of anti-static bags and foam to keep the
>sensitive parts safe.
>
>What about transistors? Are they fairly static proof?

         -Jim
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