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ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) testing and other funny related videos

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by cwerdna, Jan 4, 2013.

  1. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    Found this thanks to TiVocommunity:


    I'd always wondered about how CE makers test for ESD resilience....

    I'm guessing this guy is intentionally doing this stuff judging by these:


     
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  2. fuzzy1

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    That ESD gun in the first video looks very familiar. But most of my stuff didn't have to be tested to 25kV.
     
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    cwerdna Senior Member

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    It seems like the guy in the video is kinda nuts, if you ask me.
     
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    Obviously a victim of too much EMF exposure!
     
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    Does the series end with the guy being promoted to power plant engineer?
     
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    Did anyone else notice how bad his fingertips looked? :)
     
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    From one "stim" junkie to another... if he has that many videos I bet he likes getting zapped!
     
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