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why are dip switches static sensitive
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brownt:
I have some dip switches that have arrived packaged in anti-static foam type material, and also others in anti static tubes. Why are they sensitive to static?
cdev:
Perhaps because whomever sent them to you didn't understand that they didn't need it, so they did it anyway.

To the untrained eye, they likely look similar enough to devices that do need ESD protection to get the treatment.
tsman:
They're not static sensitive but it means they can standardise on a single type of packing material. Easier and cheaper to just pack everything in antistatic packaging than to deal with multiple types. You're going to want to protect the legs of your switches so they'll need foam or a tube anyway.
Nerull:
I seriously doubt that digikey or the like have a separate supply of non-static safe foam and DIP tubes, they packed it in what they had.
james_s:
It makes more sense to just pack everything in antistatic packaging, that way there's no guesswork.
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