The old Polypropylene plastic tub method is begging for trouble.  Not
immediate trouble, you can install a zapped chip and it might work fine for
a while.  But it's LIFE is often shortened. Many zapped components will work
fine for a time or two, maybe even a month!.

However, for a TV repair shop, that might be just the thing you need!  More
customers!

I first experienced this when I was wearing a sweater, in the winter (Dry),
on a wooden bench.  I'd put a PIC in a circuit, it would work fine for a few
minutes, then die.  I'd scratch my head, replace it, unknowingly  rubbing my
arms in my sweater for another lightning bolt charge, and the new PIC would
work fine.  Twenty minutes later, the same failure mode.  I burnt up five in
a row before a carpet shock reminded me  "OH - DUH - Static!"

If your TV shop is in New Orleans, where it is always humid, or Hong Kong,
Viet Nam, or anywhere else where it is always foggy, you'll probably never
have a failure due to static.

-- Lawrence Lile


> Russell, this is VERY unscientific, but it works!
> We use polypropyline plastic tubs, the cheap clear
> ones they use for take away food. We buy them in
> boxes of 500 with lids. They stack well, and you
> can see inside.
>

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