27 Oct
2015
27 Oct
'15
1:59 p.m.
From: Guy Sotomayor
Peanuts do *nothing* .. The heavy item will
"settle" and have nothing
surrounding it. The peanuts act a fluid during shipping.
I can attest to this. I bought a largish disk drive, and it was shipped in
peanuts. It came out the box at 45 degrees to the sides - it had gone in
parallel to the sides. Luckily, no damage ensued, but it was pure luck.
Noel
27 Oct
27 Oct
3:23 p.m.
On Oct 27, 2015 3:59 PM, "Noel Chiappa" <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:
nothing
I'm curious: Does the static from the peanuts noticeably affect
electronics?
From: Guy Sotomayor
> Peanuts do *nothing* .. The heavy item will "settle" and have
surrounding
it. The peanuts act a fluid during shipping.
I can attest to this. I bought a largish disk drive, and it was shipped in
peanuts. It came out the box at 45 degrees to the sides - it had gone in
parallel to the sides. Luckily, no damage ensued, but it was pure luck.
Noel 
4:30 p.m.
On 10/27/2015 05:23 PM, Eric Christopherson wrote:
I'm curious: Does the static from the peanuts noticeably affect
electronics?
Have you ever had them cling to your arms or whatever? Yes,
definitely. That's why they have green and pink peanuts,
those are supposed to be anti-static.
Jon
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