[Elecraft] Grounding Mat Chatter
lstavenhagen
lstavenhagen at hotmail.com
Sun Mar 28 09:04:54 EDT 2010
Reminds me of some of the aviation newsgroups I follow - some topics go on
and on, die down for a few days/weeks and then start back up all over again
(props and oil for example). It's generally things that you can't confirm go
one way or the other until after a looong time and a lot of money spent,
neither of which pilots have in great quantities hi hi.
I will say tho that I have personally made things like computer parts -
DIMMS and a few other things - go kapow with ESD especially in carpetted
rooms with no precautions taken. So with that in mind I went ahead and
invested in a good Desco mat and strap before I did my K2 build. I'll use it
with my K3 when it gets here next week too. Fortunately, an anti-stat mat is
one of those tools you can buy once and use forever and for a variety of
different things, i.e. mine serves as the op. table top when I'm not trying
to build something. etc.
So ultimately in the end I think it's a worthwhile tool to invest in even
with the initial high cost for a good one. But buying good tools is always a
good investment, even if you pinch pennies on the thing you build them with,
but that's just my personal philosophy.
73,
LS
W5QD
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