[RFI] ESD "Pad"?

[Dan K2YWE]

I suspect they were conductive foam made of a similar material to
anti-static mats. "Conpad" is one such product.


73 QWH QWM,
Dan K2YWE (K3AU)

On Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 1:18 AM KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk at earthlink.net> wrote:

> In the 1980's, my wife was working on computers, and controllers with
> very large connectors, and wiring harnesses, that would be drug around
> like fire hoses (small ones, like in an apartment), generating a bit of
> static.  She described each piece of equipment as having a fairly large
> static discharge pad on the side.  Before any harnesses were connected,
> the end of the harness, the large connector and all the pins, was to be
> pressed into this pad for a few moments to bleed off any static build-up.
>
> Any idea what these pads are?  I'd like to research them, due to some
> static issues that are arising here.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kurt
>
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