bz wrote:

Eeyore wrote

Aluminium foil is a BAD idea. In the event that there is any appreciable
charge on a given pin, pushing it into aluminium foil will discharge it
*quickly* and the resulting current may kill it.

It is NOT the current that kills CMOS, it is high VOLTAGE that punches
holes in the insulating layers inside the chip. [I am not aware of ANY chip
families where tiny CURRENTS would be a hazard].

These are two different things. Those 'tiny' currents can be quite large when
discharging a significant charge. Enought to damage the chip's internals
through overcurrent.

Graham