Removal and Replacement Preliminaries

Other grounding equipment recommended for use in preventing electrostatic damage includes:

Antistatic tape

Antistatic smocks, aprons, and sleeve protectors

Conductive bins and other assembly or soldering aids

Nonconductive foam

Conductive tabletop workstations with ground cords of one megohm resistance

Static-dissipative tables or floor mats with hard ties to the ground

Field service kits

Static awareness labels

Material-handling packages

Nonconductive plastic bags, tubes, or boxes

Metal tote boxes

Electrostatic voltage levels and protective materials

Table 4-1 shows how humidity affects the electrostatic voltage levels generated by different activities.

Table 4-1

Typical Electrostatic Voltage Levels

Relative Humidity

Event

10%

40%

55%

 

 

 

 

Walking across carpet

35,000 V

15,000 V

7,500 V

 

 

 

 

Walking across vinyl floor

12,000 V

5,000 V

3,000 V

 

 

 

 

Motions of bench worker

6,000 V

800 V

400 V

 

 

 

 

Removing DIPS from plastic tube

2,000 V

700 V

400 V

 

 

 

 

Removing DIPS from vinyl tray

11,500 V

4,000 V

2,000 V

A product can be degraded by as little as 700 V.

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HP NX9500 manual Typical Electrostatic Voltage Levels, Relative Humidity Event 10% 40% 55%