Hi everyone, Our training department asked me if it would be O.K. to allow magnets out on the production floor. They were once told they could not use magnetic screw drivers. Now people are wearing those hokey magnetic bracelets, and magnetic soled shoes for their physical ailments. I hate to tell someone they can't wear their lucky charms, but the precedence has already been made not to allow magnets on the production floor. I can't think of any reason why weak magnets would be detrimental to anything. We regularly use Hall sensors and every DC circuit is magnetized when powered. My main concern might be deprogramming an EEPROM, but even then I'm skeptical. Am I missing something? Any comment is appreciated. Ryan ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################