[Elecraft] (OT) Grounding Mat

[Gary Hvizdak]

Wed Mar 24 22:14:20 EDT 2010 LS (W5QD) wrote ...

The mat doesn't have to be grounded ...

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All,

WARNING!  The statement W5QD just posted is completely false!  The ESD mat
must be grounded in order for it to be able to dissipate an electrical
charge.  If you don't ground the mat, then you might as well not have it,
since your entire work area could very easily be floating at tens of
thousands of volts above ground, just waiting for "somewhere" to discharge
"to" and "something" to discharge "through"!

73,
Gary  KI4GGX