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Aluminum foil good for replacement for anti-static bags?

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Hellotalkie

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Iam leaving tommorow and need a good replacement for anti-static bags. I dont have time to go to a pc store and Iam currently out of bags. The foil would be for my mothorboard. Is foil ok to use. If i do use foil I am then going to wrap it in some type of bubble wrap or something. Thnx
 
I can almost swear there was a thread before that recommended foil on the same level with anti-static bags to ship electronics... 😕

EDIT: Maybe they were sarcastic. 😱
 
NO FOIL!!!!! You might as well take a taser gun to the board at that point. Do you maybe have a small carboard box? It's better than nothing.
 
Foil will not cause electronics that aren't powered to suddenly explode when they are touched. If anything it should help. Static electricity would dissipate across the whole surface of the foil instead of being focused on the the one conductive aprt that you touched.
 
Do people just throw out everything after they unpack their PC parts? 'Cause I keep all the parts and have a bunch of static bags.
 
Originally posted by: Baked
Do people just throw out everything after they unpack their PC parts? 'Cause I keep all the parts and have a bunch of static bags.
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Some people prefer not to have thier closets and garages compeltely filled with empty boxes and bags.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Baked
Do people just throw out everything after they unpack their PC parts? 'Cause I keep all the parts and have a bunch of static bags.
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Some people prefer not to have thier closets and garages compeltely filled with empty boxes and bags.
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Lots of weirdos out there, for sure.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Foil will not cause electronics that aren't powered to suddenly explode when they are touched. If anything it should help. Static electricity would dissipate across the whole surface of the foil instead of being focused on the the one conductive aprt that you touched.
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Foil could, however, discharge a capacitor. And though it might not suddenly explode, it probably wouldn't be the greatest idea. Especially if it was a big cap..

-patchy
 
Uhhh... antistatic bags are antistatic because they are electrically conductive. That's how you fundamentally get rid of static charge; by conducting it somewhere else, making it non-static, and distributing the charge. Static destroys things because there's an off chance that enough static electricity will be built up at a point source to fry a component on contact. With antistatic bags, since the charge is dissipated, charge will never build up to damaging levels. Antistatic bags are either lined with a conductive layer or have a grid of conductive lines.

Things will only start to go haywire if you plug in or turn on the electrical component while it's wrapped in an antistatic conductive bag.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Foil will not cause electronics that aren't powered to suddenly explode when they are touched. If anything it should help. Static electricity would dissipate across the whole surface of the foil instead of being focused on the the one conductive aprt that you touched.
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Indeed. Rational thought FTW.
 
I can't believe how many idiots are posting in this thread. The only reason there are "antistatic" bags is because they are cheaper than aluminum foil. There are plenty of electronic devices shipped in foil; not your standard PC type stuff though.
 
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