05 Dec

Copper Tape and an Epoxy Floor

Q: How do we do the copper mesh earthing in case of an Epoxy Floor?

A: That’s a nice question. You first want to profile your structurally sound and moisture acceptable (3-maybe up to 5 lbs or less of water per 1000 square feet in a 24 hour period per ASTM E-1907-97 & ASTM F-1869-98), then I’d apply my anchor coat and let that cure. Then I’d install the copper tape after all prep work was done and before you are ready to apply the ground plane coat and/or the ESD coat. If you have more than one ESD coat, that’s fine. But the copper grid has to make contact or be electrically conductive to the final ESD coating. If you’d like to connect the copper grid to the earthing, 3rd wire ground, or a grounding rod, that’s fine. Just make sure your flooring is properly bonded to a path to ground and be sure that all grounding sources are less than 1 Ω AC per ANSI/ESD S6.1-2005 7.2.1.1.

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