[Elecraft] ESD question

[Ian Stirling]

On Monday 24 July 2006 13:35, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> All it takes to be as safe as sitting at the bench with a wrist
> strap on is to touch a ground *before* touching anything else, and keep
> touching that ground again and again before touching other things.

  That is how I built my K2 and numerous CMOS and HCMOS projects.
I have been using my 15 Watt Antex soldering iron since 1970
and continue to use it in the USA using a voltage doubling and
mains isolating (not an autotransformer) transformer.
 I feel that my projects and I are safe.

Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962
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