Paper Conductivity

[Fred Flintstone]

Is periodic paper conductive? Is it dangerous for PC components? I lost the original bag of my wi-fi card, and I was about to store it with paper. Is it a good idea? Or is it the dumbest thing ever?

[Guest]

You should be fine, I sat mine on the floor (Stone), on my table (Wood), and on top of the warranty paper (hopefully paper). It works just fine (Intel 8265)

[PlayStation 2]

Should be alright. Of course, you probably don't want to sit it there too long but it should be fine.

[Enderman]

Anti-static bags are conductive on the outside, that's how they prevent static build up.

Also there is no problem touching components with conductive materials when there is no power going through them.

[Fred Flintstone]

17 minutes ago, tjcater said:

You should be fine, I sat mine on the floor (Stone), on my table (Wood), and on top of the warranty paper (hopefully paper). It works just fine (Intel 8265)

12 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Should be alright. Of course, you probably don't want to sit it there too long but it should be fine.

11 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Anti-static bags are conductive on the outside, that's how they prevent static build up.

Also there is no problem touching components with conductive materials when there is no power going through them.

It's not just a little touch, I was wondering if I can pack it with paper inside its box ... I'm going to give it to a friend and I don't want it to be damaged by the foam or what ever that is that's in the box, so I was about to grab a piece of periodic paper and do it.

[iamdarkyoshi]

3 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

it's very hard to kill a component from static anyway. Usually physical damage is the killer if most PC components anyway. 

Bare electronic parts, especially mosfets, are extremely static sensitive. However, once put on a board with other components, they ate surprisingly robust...

[AshleyAshes]

You can wrap stuff in TINFOIL to shield it from ESD.  But you're afraid of PAPER and you need someone to explain to you that paper isn't conductive?

[Fred Flintstone]

19 minutes ago, AshleyAshes said:

You can wrap stuff in TINFOIL to shield it from ESD.  But you're afraid of PAPER and you need someone to explain to you that paper isn't conductive?

I wasn't expecting an scientific explanation about paper's conductive properties, I only wanted some people to give me green light so I can simply do it. Thanks for the irony, by the way ...