Hello,
We will talk about it again when I solder the 2 capacitors.
I never took special precautions and it always went well.
I will not dress like a cosmonaut to solder 2 unfortunate capacitors, it's not nitroglycerine!
You are working with sensitive circuit board. Not only with 2 capacitors. You need handle whole main board. You need disconnect sensitive bus cables. You handle this pcb. First you unistall all for this rework and after then you assemble all back. All time you are handling whole circuit what is ESD sensitive. If you think ESD safe work is some kind of joke this tell only that you dop not have enough experience, knowledge and education. With you words I hope you never go to any serious factory what make ESD sensitive electronics. Of course some can teach you but because of the wrong attitude it may also be useless. Many things seem simpler and more unnecessary, depending on how little you know. Knowledge increases the pain.
Of course this is not rocketr science. Just simple but right methods and follow right rules and practices and all is ok.
Btw, have you never seen ESD damaged capacitor. Or resistor. In some rare cases even PCB itself can damage in some special cases.
3kV is guite low. 50kV is nice. <10V can damage some sensitive components etc etc..
But so or so. Understanding even part of this may tell that ESD things need take seriously if is doing something seriously with electronics. Even when thing feels "simple". It is much more complex than most can imagine.
"Optimization of ESD Protection Methods in Electronics Assembly Based on Process
and Product Specific Risks"
https://tutcris.tut.fi/portal/files/8786851/tamminen_1439.pdf CISCO ESD training
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/esd-training-program/how-much-static.htmlSo lets stop joking about serious things with electronics. I still believe this is not kindergarten. If do not know it can tell. Some peoples here can then kindly teach. Here is lot of also peoples who really have lot of knowledge and experience. It do not cost anything if ask instead of start joking. Difficult is if human do not know and he do not know this. This is - sad.
Damages can avoid using very simple but right things and working practices. Only need know and follow simple rules instead of thoughts and beliefs or "so what" thinking.