Anti-Static bags?

[MrPickins]

I'd hate to see a capacitor discharge through the aluminum foil, also.

 

[TTM77]

Originally posted by: Navid

Originally posted by: JimPhelpsMI
Hi again Navid, Why do you think the anti-static bags are dark colored? Do you think maybe its the carbon in the plastic? End of story! Jim

I don't know why they are dark. Please tell us.

I measured the resistance of aluminum foil with a digital multimeter.
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Navid/AlFoil.JPG
As can be seen in the picture, it measures about 0.4 Ohms.


Then, I measured the resistance of an antistatic bag.
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Navid/AntiStatic.JPG
As you can see from the picture, its resistance is higher than the meter can measure. It is higher than 20 Mega Ohms.

If you still think that antistatic bag is the same as Aluminum foil with respect to conductivity, could you explain these measurements?

I would imagine it is similar to the advice for you to sit in your car during lightning. Because your car is conductive so the lightning suppositly not touch you at all. But also note that they don't advice you to touch anything conductive in the car. So, basically you wrap something none conductive first inside then something conductive outside. The condutive will drain all static around your device to elsewhere.

 

[corkyg]

Lotsa words - lotsa good opinions, but lotsa partial truths.

Read: Static

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, There are a lot of good opinions in this thread, but I repeat my original statement. Aluminum foil was used to wrap sensitive electronic boards years before antistatic bags were invented.

Jim

 

[Navid]

lol
I guess no one is claiming that antistatic bags are conductive anymore. Good!

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

To Whom it may consern: Google for ANTISTATIC BAG and get the real answer. One site even agrees with the guy that says the bag is only conductive on the inside. All should remember "Never beleive anything you hear and only half of what you see!".

Jim