I recently purchased a cisco 48 port poe switch and a 4 port 10gb fiber network card for it, separate ebay purchases, and neither had anti static bags. They were both wrapped in bubble wrap but the switch came within Styrofoam packing peanuts. The styrofoam packing peanuts always have a great deal of static buildup.

What are your thoughts on this? Am I just being paranoid about potential static discharge with items being wrapped in bubble wrap only and no anti static bag?

I look forward to everyone else’s thoughts. Hoping I’m just being paranoid and that it’s perfectly fine.

Note: the items booted up fine.

Thanks

  • ticktocktoe@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I can’t say I’ve ever had second hand electronic devices (devices like a switch…not components like RAM, HDDs, GPU) shipped wrapped in anti-static bags. Completely unnecessary imo. The card, as it’s a component, may have been nice to have in a bag, but if it was cheap-ish, I wouldn’t really care.

    Anecdotally, I’ve been working with electronics for decades, never using any of those grounding bracelets, or anti static mats. And never once had a problem. Could static cause damage…yeah, probably, but there is a far far greater risk of physical damage than from static.