[Elecraft] ground static elec

[Mike Scott]

Jesse,
Sacrifice a three wire plug/cord. Cut the cord at a convenient length.
Expose the ground wire and trim the insulation. Solder a 1 Meg resistor to
the ground wire. You can solder a piece of hookup wire to the other side of
the resistor and form a small soldered loop to connect the alligator clip
to. Heat shrink everything when you are sure there are no exposed hot/common
leads.
Plug it in and melt some solder.
If you are still concerned about the hot lead, clip the plug hot prong off.

Mike Scott
AE6WA
Tarzana, CA (near LA)
Elecraft KX1 4-Watts


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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jesse & Nicky
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:33 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] ground static elec

I saw a post a few days ago about this.  I have a table mat with snap on
alligator clip.  I do not have unpainted metal ground.  How exactly do I do
this using a resistor and 3 prong plug ??
73 de Jesse W6JMM
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