When wearing a heel strap, does the strap need to make direct contact with the skin?
When wearing heel straps/foot grounders in an ESD Protected Area, it is recommended that the conductive ribbon should make direct contact with the skin for maximum effectiveness. However, a conductive ribbon may be placed inside a wearer’s shoe underneath their sock to make electrical contact with the skin through perspiration. If the wearer chooses to […]
Is a damaged component scrap?
If a component has ‘catastrophic’ damage it will show up in a test. However, ‘latent’ damage may not appear as a failure until later; i.e. tomorrow, next week, next month or even next year.
What happens if I don’t ‘Earth’ myself?
You may cause an E.S.D onto a component/PCB.
What does ‘Earthing’ myself actually do?
It puts you at the same voltage potential as your E.P.A
