Circuit Cards; Static Discharge Points - Nortel Meridian 1 Manual

Page 6 of 500 Introduction

Circuit cards

Handle cards as follows:
— Unpack or handle cards away from electric motors, transformers, or
— Handle cards by the edges only. Do not touch the contacts or
— Set cards on a protective antistatic bag. If an antistatic bag is not
— Store cards in protective packing. Do not stack cards on top of each other
To avoid card damage from static discharge, wear a properly connected
antistatic wrist strap when you work on Meridian 1 equipment. If a wrist strap
is not available, regularly touch one of the bare metal strips in the module to
discharge static. Figure 1 shows connection points for the wrist strap and the
bare metal strips you should touch.
Figure 1

Static discharge points

553-3001-210 Standard 14.00 June 1999
similar machinery.
components.
available, hand-hold the card, or set it in a card cage unseated from the
connectors.
unless they are packaged.
Wrist strap
connection point
Power supply slot
Wrist strap
connection point
Module
rear
Bare metal strip
Module
Bare metal strip
front
553-5000
553-5000