How to make a cart or shelf ESD Safe

One Grounding Post and one ESD Wheel is the minimum it takes to make a cart or shelf ESD safe
How set up ESD Safe Cart - Minimum Requirements
Two Grounding Posts and two ESD Wheels is a better way to make a cart or shelf ESD safe
How set up ESD Safe Cart - Better Setup
Four Grounding Posts and four ESD Wheels is the recommended amount it takes to make a cart or shelf ESD safe
How set up ESD Safe Cart - Best Setup
  Start with a metal shelving unit with metal legs
  • Make sure the shelves and legs are conductive (they should be chrome, stainless, or galvanized)
  • Painted, plastic or powder coated metals are insulators and are difficult to make ESD safe
  • Pick one or more posts to be a "grounding post" for your ESD shelving
  • Connect the metal shelf to the metal grounding post(s) using metal sleeves or ESD Clips(TM)
  • Connect the metal post(s) to ground using a conductive floor (ESD floor)
  • Add an ESD FOOT to each post to protect an ESD floor from Rust spots and Scratches caused by metal leveling Bolts (optional)
  • If you don't have an ESD floor or your floor is unreliable, connect the shelf to a common ground (typically tied to an or earth ground or electrical ground) using an ESDC-GP2​ 
  • Want to Protect an ESD floor from Rust spots and Scratches from metal shelf legs?  check out the ESD FOOT
For a Mobile ESD Cart
  • Add one or more Static Dynamics conductive wheels to the cart to connect the cart to ground through the conductive floor (see diagram above)
  • Considering an ESD Drag Chain?  Check out this video first!    Video Comparison of ESD Wheels and Ground Chain
  • Optional:  to assure that a cart is grounded while at rest, connect a ground wire between the cart and an ESD ground when the cart is stationary using an ESDC-GP2