How to Electrically Ground your ElectraGuard ESD
Epoxy
(this grounding method also works great for esd floor
finish and esd tile flooring).
Our ESD epoxy floor paints, esd concrete sealers, esd
tiles and carpeting must be grounded to allow the
electrostatic potential to flow to ground. In some cases this grounding
takes place when the conductive flooring comes into contact with the steel columns
protrusions of the building superstructure.
The following method provides a more secure connection via easy
attachment of your ESD flooring system to AC electrical ground.
1) Locate AC power outlet. Remove electrical face plate cover
(typically plastic). Starting at a location about ½” beneath the outlet
cutout (on the drywall) run a piece of our 2" wide aluminum foil
ground tape down wall and onto clean dust free concrete (or
other flooring substrate) about 2 or 3 inches.
Note: for a great looking attachment cut any wall base, peel back base
and run strip behind re-glued base.
2) Run
another aluminum foil strip (about 36” long piece) over this 2" or 3"
piece that you've placed on the floor. Run this strip parallel to
the wall and stick to the flooring substrate (concrete, VCT, etc).
3) Lightly
sand the foil on the floor with 320 grit emery paper or course scotch
bright. Remove abrasive residue with a clean
piece of paper towel. Paint over this strip with a
thin layer of ElectraGuard ESD epoxy, ElectraSeal or cover with conductive flooring adhesive.
4) Replace plastic AC electrical face plate cover with
a metal face
plate cover making sure metal face plate cover contacts the aluminum strip.
5) Your floor is now grounded.
The ground foil on the wall may be painted if desired.
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The way it works: Electrostatic charge flows across the
ElectraGuard conductive flooring to aluminum strip placed parallel to the wall. Charge
flows up
strip (on wall) through metal face plate cover and is grounded via
center screw of AC electrical face plate cover. Note: The
ElectraGuard system only requires 2 ground connections for small floors
(under 3,000 sf) and one additional ground for every 4,000 sf
thereafter. More grounding attachments
will not raise the conductivity of your flooring system.
