Anti static foam?


I'm thinking about trying this tweak and am curious how you install it (Elizabeth?). Do you just pack it in your equipment or do you have to put something between the foam and the boards? I don't want to start a fire or short out a circuit. At the low cost of this anti static foam, and with the crazy amounts of static I have here in the cold dry air here in Colorado, I'm thinking that this would be a worthwile thing to do but I just need some instruction on what and what not to do when installing the foam in my components and which components I can do and which ones I shouldn't do. Thanks!
b_limo
This tweak is for DIGITAL components like DACs.
The closer the foam is to the digital chips the better it works.
True, placing a square inside the top would help, but closer is better.

Of the two, a big square in the top cover, or several smaller ones over the main chips.. The smaller placed directly on/over the main chips would do more good. (still with physical insulation covering it or seperating it from chips etc)
Yes the foam in solid contact with the bare metal inside of lid will be 'enough' grounding.
Any sort of small gauge copper or silver wire will do for grounding the foam..All yo have to do is strip a little insulation off the end and stick it into the foam. The foam is conductive.
Thhe other end of the wire(s) would need to be stuck under a screw on the chassis.

And finally no do not use this in any equipment which gets HOT. Most DACs and CD or DVD players hardly get warm. So they may be a little hotter after the tweak, but no by much.
As I mentioned, My Adcom DA600 had it in for years, Then my Adcom DA700 I still use has been completly stuff FULL of foam for many years and never any problem, and its chassis feels cooler than my hand, even now. And I leave it on 24/7/365.
This seems like a good time to mention that static has nothing whatsoever to do with RFI. Carry on, smoke if you got 'em.
Come on Geoff, this is right up your alley! Don't like the competition, eh?

You can now proceed to educate us on the actual sonic effects of static and subsequently,on it's removal. But especially the tweak to do so. There's gotta be something scary going on in the air.
Geoffkait- Elizabeth did not say the the foam's antistatic properties were the reason why it worked. What she actually said was:
The idea of the antistatic foam is to remove the RFI as it is generated, suck it up and ground it to the chassis.
Csontos- The problem w this tweak is that the aliens who pilot the little flying saucers that Geoff sells, are allergic to the foam ;-)
Yes! the little aleins live off of RFI like our plants live off sunlight. The foam is like a vampire to them!
"I vant to drrink Your RFI...."