{"id":194,"date":"2009-05-05T21:51:06","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T21:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esdpros.com\/?p=189"},"modified":"2009-05-05T21:51:06","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T21:51:06","slug":"why-35e7-ohms-limit-for-flooringfootwear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gndzero.com\/blog\/why-35e7-ohms-limit-for-flooringfootwear\/","title":{"rendered":"Why 3.5E7 Ohms limit for flooring\/footwear?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q:<\/strong> Does anybody know the reason behind the upper limit resistance (3,5\u00d710E7Ohms)of a grounding system (personnel+conductive shoes+conductive flooring)? Why not 1\u00d710E8Ohms?
\nWe have tried many waxes and all of them either give an overall reading for the system that is barely, when it is, within the limits above (IEC 61340-5-1 Table 1 – Note 2.<\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> That reading is for ANSI\/ESD STM97.1-2006 Floor Materials and Footwear- Resistance Measurement in Combination with a person.<\/p>\n

So make sure you\u2019re measuring a clean spot on the floor, someone wearing good clean heel grounders, sole grounders, or static dissipative shoes with one probe from a megger in the palm of their hand to earth or machine ground and the voltage on the meter set for 100 volts, as the resistance is greater than 1.0E6 ohms. Now if they fail this test and are less than 1.0E9 ohms, then they pass if they generate less than 100 volts as per ANSI\/ESD STM97.2-2006 Floor Materials and Footwear- Voltage Measurement in Combination with a person.<\/p>\n

Sorry so long for the response time.<\/p>\n

Q2<\/strong>: Many thanks for you help.
\nWhat you are actually saying, if I understand it correctly, is that “if the combined resistance of an operator wearing whatever shoes over a a conductive flooring is greater than 1 x 3,5E7Ohms he will generate more than 100 Volts” and
\ncurrently in many electronic plants static generation above 100 Volts is not tolerated.<\/p>\n

A2<\/strong>: No, that\u2019s not what I\u2019m saying.\u00a0 I\u2019m saying, as per ANSI\/ESD S20.20-2007, that if you fail the < 3.5E7 ohms test, you may pass the less than 100 volts test and still be compliant to 20.20
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\nLook on table 2 of page 4 of 20.20 and you\u2019ll see what I mean.
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\nLet me know if that helps.<\/p>\n

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ADD: I guess what needs to be understood with 20.20-2007 is that the < 100 volts and the < 1.0E9 Ohms still stands as well.\u00a0 But if you’re testing per 97.1 and you get >3.5E7 ohms, then you can still pass 20.20-2007 if you have < 1.0E9 ohms per\u00a097.1 AND < 100 volts per 97.2.<\/p>\n

If you go to the table 2 chart on page 4 of 20.20-2007, it makes more sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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