A buildup of static electricity can be caused by tribocharging or by electros.
Diy esd mat.
If your kit includes a floor mat you should duplicate step 2 and attach the floor mat ground to the same ground point as the working surface ground.
I do my diy repairs as cheap as possible so i go old school and just discharge the static electricity in my body by touching the metal frame on the device to equalize the electric potential.
Esd working surface should never be grounded in series i e.
Finally on our list is a kotto anti static esd safe magnetic soldering mat.
It seems counter intuitive because we think of plastic an rubber as insulators.
These mats are made of a homogenous polymer mix.
Esd general purpose mat kits made in usa.
They are low cost durable easy to cut and are reversible.
0 03 inches thick more or less.
As mentioned this mat is anti static and esd safe all while having 4 different magnetic areas of coverage.
With a really colourful scheme and an aesthetically pleasing design the kotto mat comes with a repair tool kit included in it as well.
Just a normal old school mat diy style not links to a mat anyone can buy.
Also when dealing with high voltage insulation must be much thicker to be effective.
Let us start off with the mat.
The esd mats are typically very thin.
They include an esd general purpose mat a wrist strap and ground cord.
They are but only relative to metals.
Static control esd clean room products static control grounding mats are in stock at digikey.
However i don t do it enough to justify buying an antistatic wrist strap or esd mat.
Electrostatic discharge esd is the sudden flow of electricity between two electrically charged objects caused by contact an electrical short or dielectric breakdown.
For this esd mats are made of pvc plastic and polyurethane.
I just thought it would be a worthwhile thread to see if there is a source for resistive conductive type of mat that can be a diy project.
Measure the resistance from the ground snap on the mat to the common ground point.
That and keeping my feet still seems to be enough.