BS 5958-1:1991

Code of practice for Control of undesirable static electricity - Part 1: General considerations

General guidance on the control of the generation of undesirable static electricity in solids, liquids and gases.

This part of BS 5958 gives basic information on the generation of undesirable static electricity in solids, liquids and gases, and also on persons, and describes how the charges produced give rise to discharges which may cause ignitions or electric shocks. This British Standard gives the methods available for minimizing such generation and for safely dissipating the charges produced.

This standard also deals with the principles of earthing and bonding as applied to avoid static electricity hazards.

Guidance on the means of measuring or estimating the parameters which need to be taken into account when deciding upon the action to be taken to control static electricity, is given in an appendix to this standard.

This British Standard replaces BS 5958-1:1980 which is withdrawn.

This standard includes the following cross references:

BS 903, BS 903-C1, BS 903-C2, BS 2044, BS 2050, BS 2782, BS 2782-2,

BS 2782:Method 230A, BS 2782:Method 231A, BS 3187, BS 5345, BS 5345-1,

BS 5345-4, BS 5351, BS 5501, BS 5501-1, BS 5783, BS 5958, BS 5958-2, BS 6233, BS 6524, BS 6651, BS 6654, BS 7193, BS 7430.