Here is an accident waiting to happen. I shock myself every time I touch anything grounded in the engineering department. Even if I take a single step, touch anything metal, I get shocked. Once, I let the charge build for a while, and then I ground out, and I still feel the effects days later. If that is happening to me, you can imagine what that could be doing to circuits I put together.
The company's best effort to curb the issue is offering anti-static spray liquid to cover everything. Not the most effective, I trade marginally less shock of a greater degree of moisture on everything. I find this to be an insane alternative. So, I've stuck to being excessively cautions with my circuits. However, I will admit, I've shocked my circuits a few times.
This is a major issue, and I have had this same one at many jobs I have held. I'm sure I'm not the only having this problem. Unfortunately, my job's building was built 50 years ago and grounded, copper laced, carpet wasn't an option during the install. Is there anything I could do to fix this, at least for myself? One requirement, I need to be mobile. I go from my desk to the lab often, and I usually carry my circuits with me.
Cabe
