Platic sheet for behind boards / preventing shorts

[cashkennedy]

Whats the easiest things yall use to prevent shorts under a board other then the obvious cardboard / bag that the motherboard shipped in.

I need something thin (1mm or less), and I assume the plastic sheeting used in power supplies is something that is anti static and I don't know where id get that from.

[budm]

Re: Platic sheet for behind boards / preventing shorts

I keep old diffuser sheets from broken LCD screen.

[cashkennedy]

Re: Platic sheet for behind boards / preventing shorts

Haha thanks Budm, you told me to save some of those a few years ago, let me go see if I still have them.

[cashkennedy]

Re: Platic sheet for behind boards / preventing shorts

I do have them! Is it safe to assume all diffuser layers (the shiny one the opaque one, the moire distortion one) are static free?

[budm]

Re: Platic sheet for behind boards / preventing shorts

I use the white one, but I believe all the diffusers have 94-V UL compliance rating. None of them is static free, it has more to do with flammability.

[momaka]

Re: Platic sheet for behind boards / preventing shorts

I use clear PET plastic from boxes that is sometimes used for packaging fruits and veggies. It likely isn't static-free. And most of all, it definitely isn't 94-V rated. But I always keep my redneck fire extinguisher (read: big bottle full of water) close to me .

However, I do regularly test newly repaired stuff through an incandescent dim bulb tester. This prevents things from quickly burning up or exploding if there is still a fault.

A piece of thin painted wood may be the easiest for everyone to get and use for this application. It's much more static-free than plastic and takes a lot more to catch on fire... unless something really, really is cooking on it for a while.

[stj]

Re: Platic sheet for behind boards / preventing shorts

back in the valve days, a piece of thin card would have done - preferably red or blue!