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At the manufacturing plant I worked in it was up to me to implement anti-static procedures and protocols. First all parts bins (stock room and production floor) were replaced with anti-static types.

14 ga stranded green wire was daisy-chained from bench to bench then bonded to a ground bar at a service entrance panel. What makes it safe is that ALL wrist and ankle straps had a built-in 1 megohm to 10 megohm resistor to limit shock current to 200 microamps max, while still preventing static build-up.

Having done all of this UL still required a once-per-year ohm test of each strap, as well as solder iron tips. Over years straps wore out and had to be replaced.

Over my remaining ten years the daisy-chained grounding had no issues, but anti-static training became an issue, as newer LEDs and certain ICs needed to be handled with special gloves and/or very clean hands.

No food was allowed as many snacks can be salty and greasy, thus contaminating wires and component leads and leading to corrosion within a week.

Anti-static/anti-corrosion procedures are a mix of many steps and protocols that need to be learned by those who handle static sensitive parts. A good earth ground is just a starting point.

I should add that you will need to have the production and stockroom floors painted with anti-static enamel. We found that a medium or steel gray did not offend anyone or cause glare from bright fluorescent tube lights.

If budget allows consider professional test stations for the wrist and ankle straps, as they make this step quick, and it can be done daily.

I would say that any meter that can read ohms to 10 megohm will do, but UL may require a accuracy of 0.1%, as they did where I worked.

At the manufacturing plant I worked in it was up to me to implement anti-static procedures and protocols. First all parts bins (stock room and production floor) were replaced with anti-static types.

14 ga stranded green wire was daisy-chained from bench to bench then bonded to a ground bar at a service entrance panel. What makes it safe is that ALL wrist and ankle straps had a built-in 1 megohm to 10 megohm resistor to limit shock current to 200 microamps max, while still preventing static build-up.

Having done all of this UL still required a once-per-year ohm test of each strap, as well as solder iron tips. Over years straps wore out and had to be replaced.

Over my remaining ten years the daisy-chained grounding had no issues, but anti-static training became an issue, as newer LEDs and certain ICs needed to be handled with special gloves and/or very clean hands.

No food was allowed as many snacks can be salty and greasy, thus contaminating wires and component leads and leading to corrosion within a week.

Anti-static/anti-corrosion procedures are a mix of many steps and protocols that need to be learned by those who handle static sensitive parts. A good earth ground is just a starting point.

I should add that you will need to have the production and stockroom floors painted with anti-static enamel. We found that a medium or steel gray did not offend anyone or cause glare from bright fluorescent tube lights.

If budget allows consider professional test stations for the wrist and ankle straps, as they make this step quick, and it can be done daily.

I would say that any meter that can read ohms to 10 megohm will do, but UL may require a accuracy of 0.1%, as they did where I worked.

NOTE: The grounding wire that connects bench to bench (workstation) should be bare copper under the front lip of each bench so when someone sits down they connect the alligator clip of their wrist strap to this wire right away.

This way they are grounded at the wrist and ankle. If they solder static sensitive parts then their soldering iron tip needs to be grounded. UL and ISO may insist on temperature-controlled irons with digital readout. Another sticky issue is lead-free solder, I.E. Rohs compliance.

Once your compliant UL and ISO will give you rolls of holographic stickers that will allow you to ship qualified products to most any country.

At the manufacturing plant I worked in it was up to me to implement anti-static procedures and protocols. First all parts bins (stock room and production floor) were replaced with anti-static types.

14 ga stranded green wire was daisy-chained from bench to bench then bonded to a ground bar at a service entrance panel. What makes it safe is that ALL wrist and ankle straps had a built-in 1 megohm resistor to limit shock current to 200 microamps max, while still preventing static build-up.

Having done all of this UL still required a once-per-year ohm test of each strap, as well as solder iron tips. Over years straps wore out and had to be replaced.

Over my remaining ten years the daisy-chained grounding had no issues, but anti-static training became an issue, as newer LEDs and certain ICs needed to be handled with special gloves and/or very clean hands.

No food was allowed as many snacks can be salty and greasy, thus contaminating wires and component leads and leading to corrosion within a week.

Anti-static/anti-corrosion procedures are a mix of many steps and protocols that need to be learned by those who handle static sensitive parts. A good earth ground is just a starting point.

I should add that you will need to have the production and stockroom floors painted with anti-static enamel. We found that a medium or steel gray did not offend anyone or cause glare from bright fluorescent tube lights.

If budget allows consider professional test stations for the wrist and ankle straps, as they make this step quick, and it can be done daily.

I would say that any meter that can read ohms to 10 megohm will do, but UL may require a accuracy of 0.1%, as they did where I worked.

At the manufacturing plant I worked in it was up to me to implement anti-static procedures and protocols. First all parts bins (stock room and production floor) were replaced with anti-static types.

14 ga stranded green wire was daisy-chained from bench to bench then bonded to a ground bar at a service entrance panel. What makes it safe is that ALL wrist and ankle straps had a built-in 1 megohm to 10 megohm resistor to limit shock current to 200 microamps max, while still preventing static build-up.

Having done all of this UL still required a once-per-year ohm test of each strap, as well as solder iron tips. Over years straps wore out and had to be replaced.

Over my remaining ten years the daisy-chained grounding had no issues, but anti-static training became an issue, as newer LEDs and certain ICs needed to be handled with special gloves and/or very clean hands.

No food was allowed as many snacks can be salty and greasy, thus contaminating wires and component leads and leading to corrosion within a week.

Anti-static/anti-corrosion procedures are a mix of many steps and protocols that need to be learned by those who handle static sensitive parts. A good earth ground is just a starting point.

I should add that you will need to have the production and stockroom floors painted with anti-static enamel. We found that a medium or steel gray did not offend anyone or cause glare from bright fluorescent tube lights.

If budget allows consider professional test stations for the wrist and ankle straps, as they make this step quick, and it can be done daily.

I would say that any meter that can read ohms to 10 megohm will do, but UL may require a accuracy of 0.1%, as they did where I worked.

At the manufacturing plant I worked in it was up to me to implement anti-static procedures and protocols. First all parts bins (stock room and production floor) were replaced with anti-static types.

14 ga stranded green wire was daisy-chained from bench to bench then bonded to a ground bar at a service entrance panel. What makes it safe is that ALL wrist and ankle straps had a built-in 1 megohm resistor to limit shock current to 200 microamps max, while still preventing static build-up.

Having done all of this UL still required a once-per-year ohm test of each strap, as well as solder iron tips. Over years straps wore out and had to be replaced.

Over my remaining ten years the daisy-chained grounding had no issues, but anti-static training became an issue, as newer LEDs and certain ICs needed to be handled with special gloves and/or very clean hands.

No food was allowed as many snacks can be salty and greasy, thus contaminating wires and component leads and leading to corrosion within a week.

Anti-static/anti-corrosion procedures are a mix of many steps and protocols that need to be learned by those who handle static sensitive parts. A good earth ground is just a starting point.

I would say that any meter that can read ohms to 10 megohm will do, but UL may require a accuracy of 0.1%, as they did where I worked.

At the manufacturing plant I worked in it was up to me to implement anti-static procedures and protocols. First all parts bins (stock room and production floor) were replaced with anti-static types.

14 ga stranded green wire was daisy-chained from bench to bench then bonded to a ground bar at a service entrance panel. What makes it safe is that ALL wrist and ankle straps had a built-in 1 megohm resistor to limit shock current to 200 microamps max, while still preventing static build-up.

Having done all of this UL still required a once-per-year ohm test of each strap, as well as solder iron tips. Over years straps wore out and had to be replaced.

Over my remaining ten years the daisy-chained grounding had no issues, but anti-static training became an issue, as newer LEDs and certain ICs needed to be handled with special gloves and/or very clean hands.

No food was allowed as many snacks can be salty and greasy, thus contaminating wires and component leads and leading to corrosion within a week.

Anti-static/anti-corrosion procedures are a mix of many steps and protocols that need to be learned by those who handle static sensitive parts. A good earth ground is just a starting point.

I should add that you will need to have the production and stockroom floors painted with anti-static enamel. We found that a medium or steel gray did not offend anyone or cause glare from bright fluorescent tube lights.

If budget allows consider professional test stations for the wrist and ankle straps, as they make this step quick, and it can be done daily.

I would say that any meter that can read ohms to 10 megohm will do, but UL may require a accuracy of 0.1%, as they did where I worked.