[Elecraft] K3 static electricity

[Greg - AB7R]

I email'd him when he first posted to check for good bare metal contact with the inside 
tooth washer on the encoder shaft behind the FP.  Never heard back.

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73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065


On Tue Dec  1 15:00 , "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft"  sent:

>I've asked our support guys to contact him. This usually only is a 
>problem on very earlyK3s where the inside area of the front panel sheet 
>metal was not masked off when powder coated. That resulted in leaving 
>the VFO encoder shaft un-grounded. Its possible one of the newer FP 
>sheet metal pieces slipped through our QC inspection with this.
>
>73, Eric
>
>====
>KM5Q wrote:
>> Hold on a moment Steve. Before you buy a humidifier, let me suggest  
>> that something appears to be ungrounded internally as you suggest. My  
>> shack is in an unhumidified work space in New Mexico. I can generate a  
>> good bit of static if I wear a fleece sweater and slide just so on my  
>> office chair. I've zapped against my K3 many times (it's grounded of  
>> course) and it's never once caused a reaction.
>>
>> You might want to ask the factory. I think you have a problem.
>>
>> Windy KM5Q
>>
>>   
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