[sdiy] ESD Wrist Strap?

[Joe Grisso]

Considering we went through a full ESD audit at work, here's what I
would recommend:

Desco is basically the biggest ESD specific company out there. 3M and
a few other companies have stuff, but they are not as good of quality
and the cost savings is minimal. For the wrist strap, I'd pick a Desco
09039 economy strap. It comes with a 6' grounding cord which should
plug into the pod that attaches to your static mat. The best one I can
find for economical purposes is the desco 66050. It's a 24"x36" mat
that includes a 15' common point grounding cord and snap mounting kit.
This will cover your working area fairly well for the work you do. The
pricing I got at my usual source (www.hmcelectronics.com) is under
$100 for the pair.

Best,

-- 
Joe Grisso
Detachment 3, Ltd.


On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Sam Ecoff <secoff at execpc.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 31, 2010, at 9:44 PM, Paul Perry wrote:
>
>> I think the other end goes to the anti-static mat that your equipment is sitting on.
>> I don't know where you live.. but, congratulations on having a DRY basement!
>
> Yeah, well, that cost me $9000. Our basement actually flooded in the summer of 2008, which meant having the floor jack hammered and hauled out in 5 gallon buckets, new drain tile laid, and a sump pump retrofitted. We had just paid off our home equity loan a month before. :-(
>
> Anyhow... I don't have an anti-static mat, either. I've always just used a scrap piece of unfinished pine, at first to protect the desk I was working on, but I was told by same same guy who talked to me about wrist straps that the board was actually probably serving to provide at least some ESD protection.
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