---Reply on mail from Charles Sprickman about Carpet?
I'm looking for carpeting for the area outside of a machine room that won't cause the "shuffle your feet and shock yourself" phenomenon. I noticed most datacenters I've seen are carpeted up to the entrance without any ESD problems. Is there special "anti-ESD" carpet? Where might I find it?
And for the Datacenter on a budget, diluted fabric softner (like downy) also works.. Put it in a spray bottle, and mist it over the carpet... If you dont dilute it, it will make a mess :) Not as effective as some other stuff (like real anti-static carpet, or grounding people at the entrance or ...) but a whole lot cheaper and quicker to install in many cases -- Bret McDanel http://www.rehost.com Realistic Technologies, Inc. 973-514-1144 These opinions are mine, and may not be the same as my employer