ESD is a wholly legitimate study in itself and has a say on something very important related to your office or workplace, ELECTRONICS.

Before we know how ESD is a big menace for the electronic devices, let us learn what it is:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is the sudden flow of electricity between two electrically charged objects caused by contact, an electrical shot, or dielectric breakdown. A build-up of static electricity can be caused by tribocharging or by electrostatic induction. The ESD occurs when differently-charged objects are brought close together or when the dielectricity between them breaks down, often creating a visible spark.

Source – Wikipedia

Examples of ESD in the office

Coming in contact with another person.

Walking on the carpet and touching the metal door handle.

Why ESD is dangerous for your electronics?

ESD holds all the potential to damage sensitive electronic components of your devices and office machine, altering magnetic media or completely erasing it, or even more drastic like internal sparking or fires if other factors like environment also align. Each year around $40 billion losses happen from ESD in the electronics industry only.

 How it affects your computers?

We are not very sensitive towards ESD but your electronics are, we are experiencing ESD most of the time, however due to less sensitivity we don’t feel it. Although, this constant contact can damage your electronics more than we can think. However, ESD occurs continually when any two or more objects come into contact, this could be your electronics and you.

Especially when you are handling the internal parts of the computer or other electronics, you should always take some measures available to help prevent damage from ESD like ESD Lab coats, ESD T Shirt, ESD sweatshirts or at least an anti static wrist band, you can get yours from antistaticesd.co.uk. Furthermore, to learn how their products can be the best thing for your computer or other electronic devices:

ESD LAB COATS: The rule behind this safety step is quite obvious, as long as you keep this on your body, there will be static shielding barrier against the electrostatic fields that are traveling through your body when you deal with different conductors of the electronics you are handling.

Moreover, as all ESD LAB COATS, ESD T-SHIRTS, and ESD SWEATSHIRTS products are made with conductive fibers that act as a barrier against the object charged with static electricity which could be transferred to the devices you are dealing with and damage it.

ESD T-SHIRTS

This superior quality ESD short sleeve t-shirt is specially designed to be worn under ESD protected area and for ultra-fashionable looks.  Unlike typical ESD clothing which can merely generate and retain charges only. Our exclusive knitted fabric in T-Shirts actively dispels harmful charges, aiding to quit damage that happens from ESD to sensitive components of electronics.

ESD SWEATSHIRT

If you are not into t-shirts or lab coats we have ESD sweatshirts also in various sizes and trendy colours. This sweatshirt will not only act as a barrier from electrostatic fields but also keeps you warm.