[Elecraft] (Slightly O/T) Intermittent nips when soldering

[David Dietrich]

Hi Dale,

I find it hard to believe it is ESD because my soldering station is grounded and ESD safe.  I wear a strap whenever I need to.  I work in my ham shack that is my unfinished basement where the temp and humidity stay pretty constant year round.  I wear clothes made mostly of cotton.  My only guess is that a wire in the cord from the main unit to the pencil is shorting or something, however my soldering station has never been abused or mistreated in any way.  Also, one would hope that the actual wired in the cord are insulated from each other.  This has only started to happen over the last week or so.

73,

David