[sdiy] ESD grounding in USA

[Barry Klein]

http://www.gndzero.com/grounding_acc_plate.php (?)
There is a ton of stuff available here for wrist/chair/shoes/benchtop 
grounding purposes if one cares to spend the money.
In our labs we found we had more product losses/damage due to wrist cords 
knocking things to the floor than from an ESD event,
so we hardly use them.  Only for work where you are working on sensitive 
circuits and are stationary.  Our lab floors are as
pictured - ESD type tile.  The biggest culprit is our chair.  Unless it gets 
correctly grounded it generates quite a charge when you
get off it.

Barry


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seb Francis" <seb at burnit.co.uk>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 17:19
Subject: [sdiy] ESD grounding in USA


>  Hello to my friends across the pond :)
>
> I'm wanting to put together ESD grounding kits suitable for use around the 
> world, and I have a bit of a lack of knowledge about the US.  Specifically 
> I'm not sure of what to use to connect the ground to.
>
> In UK we use something like this which plugs into the mains socket:
> http://www.vermason.co.uk/FullCatalog/BenchwareandFieldService/WorksurfaceGrounding/EarthBondingPointPlugs/231230/
>
> And in the rest of Europe, a similar thing with a Schuko type plug:
> http://www.vermason.co.uk/FullCatalog/BenchwareandFieldService/WorksurfaceGrounding/EarthBondingPointPlugs/231170/
>
> But try as I might I can't find the equivalent product for US.  Does such 
> a thing exist?  How is ESD grounding normally accomplished in US?
>
> TIA,
> Seb
>
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