The thing is your workbench. You need a slightly conductive surface, and a wrist strap.

ElectroStatic Discharge

You can buy what you need commercially, or if your handy make it from scratch.

 

Listen to The Bill here, i recently lost a couple circuits to ESD
4017 overheat-shorting out problem
may they rest in peace :'(

 

Home Depot/Lowes' Mega Mart type stores have long copper rods in the electrical conduit section, for driving into the ground 8-12 ft. Then a copper wire is clamped on the top of the rod and used to ground the conduit runs in the house. Using a rod like this would provide a very good ground return for connection to your AC electric distribution and the ESD mat as well.

 

i got a pair of ugg boots for the workshop, its coold!
There for women and size 8 (im 10) but i dont care They are the warmest thing i have ever worn!!!

 

Those furry UGG boots are a bad thing to wear when worried about ESD.

 

but nrt if you have cold feet XD

 

If you have the basics taken care of per the article it isn't a big deal.

 

Somewhat un-relatedly, this is MY first workshop (my desk)

without the giant pile of cans and all the clutter that now accompanies it...

 

Home Depot/Lowes' Mega Mart type stores have long copper rods in the electrical conduit section, for driving into the ground 8-12 ft. Then a copper wire is clamped on the top of the rod and used to ground the conduit runs in the house. Using a rod like this would provide a very good ground return for connection to your AC electric distribution and the ESD mat as well.

Or clamp to COLD water supply, which is a couple of miles of copper runnig under ground.

Listen to The Bill here, i recently lost a couple circuits to ESD
4017 overheat-shorting out problem

Sure it was not that can of croak sitting on your bench?

 

Sure it was not that can of croak sitting on your bench?

Im not a huge fan of coke, it was Dr. Pepper
how would a can of pop change anything anyway, electrical charges caused by the acids are so minuscule I doubt it would be measurable...
or was it a joke...

 

I will post pictures when its sunny and looks beautiful

 

Its sunny and beauiful today in South Florida,do you know where that is.
Have you ever been to Florida,which city.This question can apply to anyone.

 

Its sunny and beauiful today in South Florida,do you know where that is.
Have you ever been to Florida,which city.This question can apply to anyone.

I've been to FL twice. In 1972, I attended a vocational techical high school. My girlfriend's family moved to FL during my senior year. At that school, if you worked in your trade, your senior year schedule was ... work two weeks, school two weeks. I worked in the engineering dept of a small radio station (I did the PMs, troubleshooting, worked the console in the evening, and the remote broadcasts). Anyways, back to the story. In the first two weeks of Jan, I went to work. The second two weeks ... I skipped school and went to FL (Jacksonville and Ft Lauderdale). Then I went back to work and finally went back to school. The teacher was wondering where I've been and I told him I went to FL. Back then, hijacking the airlines to CUBA was pretty popular and naturally, a small xcelite screwdriver I had in my pocket set off the alarm. The FBI pulled me aside and I thought one of the DJ's put them up to it ... so I inquired if so and so put them up to it. When they said no, I showed them the screwdriver and I proceeded to board the aircraft.

Trip two. I was on the staff of Commander Atlantic Area in the Loran-C branch. I went to FL to visit the Loran-C station at Malone FL and do an inspection at the Loran Monitor Site near Destin FL (it was maintained by the ETs at the small boat station in Ft Walton Beach).

That's the extent of my visits to the Sunshine State.