At 07:38 PM 10/15/98 -0400, Charles Sprickman wrote:
Hi,
This is a bit off topic, but I'm sure someone here has opinions to share...
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?
Static is not the *only* problem carpet gives you, there is also higher dust levels with carpet. Ask any allergist. Those data-centers you are talking about usually have anti-static tile in them. The first step one takes on such a floor, from a carpet, completely discharges them. Just make sure the carpet stops more than 5 feet (reaching distance) from any equipment. Also, if there's a door, make it open in-wards, ground the metal door-knob, and stop the carpet at the threshold. That combination will be a good non-intrusive static discharge system. ___________________________________________________ Roeland M.J. Meyer, ISOC (InterNIC RM993) e-mail: <mailto:rmeyer@mhsc.com>rmeyer@mhsc.com Internet phone: hawk.mhsc.com Personal web pages: <http://www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer>www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer Company web-site: <http://www.mhsc.com/>www.mhsc.com/ ___________________________________________ I bet the human brain is a kludge. -- Marvin Minsky