Just about everything electronic, components and assemblies comes in a sealed ESD bag with a packet of desiccant and also a humidity indicator card. I've yet to find any of these that don't generate a static charge. Anyone know of such, and any thoughts as to ESD requirements? Barrie Candeas GTE Government Systems ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################