[Elecraft] K3 ESD

[David Gilbert]

Wrong.

First off, the guy never said anything about connecting the item to 
ground ... he stated that as long as you were connected to ground you 
were OK.  That's false.

It is also false that both of you need to be connected to ground for 
ESD, although that may be good practice for other reasons.  All that is 
necessary is that you and the stuff you're working on be connected to 
the same potential.  It's basic Ohm's Law 101.

Dave   AB7E



On 12/18/2010 12:49 PM, david m wrote:
>
> YES YES YES.  Ground both yourself and the item you're working on.  It's
> basic ESD prevention 101.
>
>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:16:07 -0700
>> From: David Gilbert<xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 ESD
>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Message-ID:<4D0B9AD7.9070908 at cis-broadband.com>
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>>
>> NO no no ... you don't want to connect yourself to ground.  You want to
>> connect yourself to whatever semi-conducting surface you are working on
>> (the one that the K3 and it's components are resting on).  Connecting
>> yourself to ground merely increases the chance that there will be a
>> potential between you and the rig.
>>
>
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