How To Check Anti Static Mat

The resistance from the metal button to the alligator clip is 1 mohm.

How to check anti static mat.

The radio shack anti static mat and wrist strap says on its instructions that you should plug the strap into the mat and then plug the mat to any available ground its next helpful instruction goes on to say or you can remove the alligator clip and plug the grounding cord s banana plug into the round ground hole on a standard ac outlet. Made from felted carbon filaments to reduce friction and static build up the anti static record mat offers the clean sound of felt without the static. Lay the mat on a clean flat nonconducting surface. Step 1 how to set up your anti static mat and.

Connect one of its probes to the mat s metal grounding rivet or clip. The standard governing workstations is ansi esd 6 1 it covers the range of ways that wrist straps personnel and mats can be electrically bonded grounded. But how can i check the resistivity of the actual mat surface. Using a anti static mat and wristband to prevent esd.

Anti static wrist strap. Connect the other probe to the furthest point on the mat s top surface. Place static sensitive components such as the printed circuit boards memory modules and cpus on the antistatic mat. You should connect all grounded people and equipment to an electrical outlet.

There is a metal button that attaches to the mat and an alligator clip to connect to earth. My multimeter only goes up to 2mohms. Turn the esd test meter on. Antistatic bag used to wrap a replacement part.

Worksurfaces resistance measurement s. This requires the use of a surface resistivity esd meter to perform both resistance top to top rtt and resistance to groundable point rtg tests. I bought an anti static mat recently and was wondering how to test it. Anti static record mat silence background noise and improve your soundstage imaging and tonal accuracy with the anti static record mat.

Oracle antistatic mat part number 250 1088.