David- In your message you write: <q> ...obtained while holding a tool in my hand.=20 I used myself for these discharges up to 8 kV - a=20 rather unpleasant ESD voltage. I was standing on a=20 metal mat, if I remember correctly.=20 As all of this was done at another employer, ... <q> Congratulations on leaving that position. Hope you found a new employer that uses test=20 equipment, instead of the employees, for=20 high-voltage testing. :) Best Regards, Patrick. p.conway@xxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu