We don't allow company or personal decorations within controlled areas but place them in common areas, aisles, lunchroom and such. If you place decorations within a controlled area run them by your ESD coordinator for approval first. Unfortunately then you run the risk of someone adding unapproved items and it gets hard to control. Balloons are a definite no-no, especially the yellow ones. Yeah, I'm kidding too. Anyway, you are justifiably concerned where balloons are concerned. Just imagine one picking up a charge by rubbing in the breeze and then coming loose and dropping on anything sensitive to ESD. Treat a decoration like any other static generating item (plastic bags, containers, foam cups, etc.) and keep it isolated by your shop's standards (1 meter?). I don't want to be a party pooper either but the job goes on and who get blamed for a rash of ESD/EOS events? > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Lamkin [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 8:22 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] Christmas decorations? > > Now I don't want to be a party pooper, but as its almost Christmas the > decorations are going to be > going up. And as we are always trying to improve our anti-static > precautions it prompts me to ask. > > What sort of static field do balloons and other decorations have ? > > I know that they can create quite a voltage when rubbed on a jumper, but > what about when cellotaped to > a wall (and in a slight breeze) ? > > How far away from static sensitive devices should they be kept? > Do they generate a field around them & how far can it extend? > > Do red balloons have a higher static charge than blue ones? (only > kidding!!). > > What do you reckon eh? > > TIA - Matt. > > ############################################################## > 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 > ############################################################## ############################################################## 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 ##############################################################