Re: CMOS DRAM chips and static


bz wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:4837CC17.792834DB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Gareth Magennis wrote:

I always know when the humidity is low because then every time I get
out of my car I get a shock when I touch the bodywork. The static
comes from sliding myself off the seat on the way out. It only ever
happens in warm weather. Probably not a good idea to be holding any
RAM chips or sensitive Radar detectors during these times. Or a small
animal.


You can damaged an IC at levels that won't generate a spark.

Yep.

OTOH,
'low humidity' in Central Florida is still over 50%. :(

Likewise here, in Baton Rouge, LA.


When humidity here is considered 'average', you can reach out and
squeeze water out of the air. :(


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