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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
but you can build up static just stood on carpet and you dont normally know you have damaged something it just doesnt work as well anymore.These are not mission critical in the house but all electronics in aviation is built in anti static enviroments>My dad was head of a department at the Dunlop before he retired last year and he worked on aviation electronical developement and he told me about precautions because lives were at stake.They wouldnt do this if just touching a rad was enough  |
Yeah I know static can build up quickly but I think household kit is a lot more robust than we're led to believe. It's a bit more important at 60000 feet.
I too had a techie dad. Was your attic full of Practical Electronics mags and such like as well?
Actually, just reminded me that my first "PC" was a 286 board mounted over the 68000 processor in my old Atari ST with a big clucky switch on the back to switch between them.