[Elecraft] Wrist strap / mat grounding

[David Woolley (E.L)]

Ken Kopp wrote:

> Mine goes to the station ground buss ... 2" wide CU 
> strap ... that's connected directly to a number (12)
> of 8' ground rods that are all bonded together with #8
> CU wire.  There is no connection between this ground
> system and the power company's entrance ground.

Do not do this in the UK.  It breaches the electrical codes and can 
create a significant shock hazard on systems with protective multiple 
earthing (PME) under fault conditions.  All "functional" grounds must be 
bonded to mains ground unless you are in an otherwise earth free area.

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