Re: Carpet?

[Bret McDanel <bret () rehost com>]

---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

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Bret McDanel                                    http://www.rehost.com
Realistic Technologies, Inc.                             973-514-1144

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