[RFI] ESD "Pad"?

[Grant Saviers]

Standard OCB assembly and parts handling anti-static mats
https://www.uline.com/BL_7403/Anti-Static-Table-Mats

Grant KZ1W

On 1/6/2021 05:10, Dan K2YWE wrote:
> 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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