ESD shoes are A. ESD shoes are primarily designed for dischargin primarily designed for discharging static electrici g static electricity but to a degree they ty but to a degree they ground
the body beneficially. They are better than regular difference between groundin difference between grounding and static discharge is static discharge is that grounding instantly equali shoes but not as good as going barefoot. The that grounding instantly equalizes your body zes your body
at Earth’s potential. Static discharge, generally called a soft ground or alled a soft ground or a dissipative ground, has an a dissipative ground, has an
inline 1 meg ohm resistor in inline 1 meg ohm resistor in the ground cord which the ground cord which is design to slowly bleed off is design to slowly bleed off static electrical static electrical
charges (contact and separation charges). These charges are created on the body by rges are created on the body by clothing and clothing and
shoes whenever you move your clothing with arm movement or walk or sit on any synthetic
material. The ESD industry uses dissipative grounding to prevent a rapid discharge