WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! (was [Elecraft] ESD recommendation)

[Darrell Bellerive]

What about touching the circuit board pads with my Weller soldering station 
that has a grounded tip?


On Friday 23 November 2007 10:52, Gary Hvizdak wrote:
>     YOU ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY SHOULD NOT GROUND THE CHASSIS while
> assembling
>
> your K3 or anything else that has ESD sensitive components!  Doing so would
> defeat the entire purpose of the ESD mat, which is to gently, safely, and
> gradually dissipate a charge so that it doesn't cause damage.  If you
> directly ground the chassis and you or someone else were to "accidentally"
> touch the rig in a vulnerable spot (while not wearing a wrist strap), then
> the resulting surge discharging that person's charge to ground through the
> rig's vulnerable circuitry would most certainly fry something!
-- 
Darrell Bellerive
Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA
Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada