antistatic storage box for IC chips.

MGH · 21st September 2006, 01:22 AM

Hi all. I was wondering if any of you know where I can get antistatic storage box for my IC chips in the USA. RS components have them but they're based in Singapore and shipping alone is $44 USD. Thanks.

audio3000 · 21st September 2006, 02:25 AM

Another cheap option is to wrap the chip with tin foil. Cheap and effective.

curtvm · 21st September 2006, 02:47 AM

Here's my 2 cents (or less)- I use these plastic boxes for all my parts. Go to local hardware store, look in fishing section or storage section. Keep chips in antistatic bag/foam if you want, but I think the antistatic caution is a little overstated (except if you work on the space shuttle or make lifesaving medical equipment while running back and forth on thick carpet and in low humidty).

rfbrw · 21st September 2006, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MGH
RS components have them but they're based in Singapore and shipping alone is $44 USD. Thanks.

No, they are part of a worlwide group and their HQ is in the UK.
Then there is Digi-Key.

gmarsh · 21st September 2006, 11:28 AM

I bought a huge 3ft wide roll of antistatic foam from Newark, which cost $10-$20ish. I cut rectangles of foam off it, shove chips in it, then put the chips in a drawer.

MGH · 21st September 2006, 12:00 PM

Thanks all.

MGH · 21st September 2006, 07:35 PM

rfbrw, looks like the links you provided do not carry any antistatic storage. I was refering to RS components, but your link is to RS electronics which is not the same company - at least according to the representative when I called them on the phone.

I'm looking for something like this:

http://www.rs-export.com/cgi-bin/bv/...gxie&Nr=avl:gx

Anyone seen anything like this in the USA?

rfbrw · 21st September 2006, 09:00 PM

RS Components Ltd UK Office. Bottom of the page click on worldwide

pinkmouse · 21st September 2006, 09:54 PM

Normal plastic box, lined with aluminium foil.

poobah · 21st September 2006, 10:21 PM

rip off though...

here

I would use a regular box and put squares of black or pink anti-stat foam in the bottom.

:xey:

oops! yeah what gmarsh said!

21st September 2006, 01:22 AM	#1
MGH diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: massachussetts	antistatic storage box for IC chips. Hi all. I was wondering if any of you know where I can get antistatic storage box for my IC chips in the USA. RS components have them but they're based in Singapore and shipping alone is $44 USD. Thanks.

21st September 2006, 09:54 PM	#9
pinkmouse diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chatham, England	Normal plastic box, lined with aluminium foil. __________________ Al I conceive of nothing, in religion, science or philosophy, that is more than the proper thing to wear, for a while. Charles Fort

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21st September 2006, 02:25 AM	#2
audio3000 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada	Another cheap option is to wrap the chip with tin foil. Cheap and effective.

21st September 2006, 11:28 AM	#5
gmarsh diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Halifax, NS, Canada	I bought a huge 3ft wide roll of antistatic foam from Newark, which cost $10-$20ish. I cut rectangles of foam off it, shove chips in it, then put the chips in a drawer.

21st September 2006, 12:00 PM	#6
MGH diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: massachussetts	Thanks all.

21st September 2006, 07:35 PM	#7
MGH diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: massachussetts	rfbrw, looks like the links you provided do not carry any antistatic storage. I was refering to RS components, but your link is to RS electronics which is not the same company - at least according to the representative when I called them on the phone. I'm looking for something like this: http://www.rs-export.com/cgi-bin/bv/...gxie&Nr=avl:gx Anyone seen anything like this in the USA?

21st September 2006, 09:00 PM	#8
rfbrw diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: .	RS Components Ltd UK Office. Bottom of the page click on worldwide

21st September 2006, 10:21 PM	#10
poobah diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005	rip off though... here I would use a regular box and put squares of black or pink anti-stat foam in the bottom. :xey: oops! yeah what gmarsh said!

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