[Elecraft] KX2 Battery Question

[Peter Pauly]

I would have liked to see a big piece of kapton tape covering the board.
Aren't the components ESD sensitive?

On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Tim McDonough N9PUZ <tim.n9puz at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 5/27/2017 12:14 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>
>> I have a "new to me" KX2 along with the internal battery and charger.
>>> Inside the KX2 battery compartment, is there supposed to be any sort of
>>> insulating sheet or pad covering the circuit board?
>>>
>>
>> No insulating sheet is necessary. The battery is double shrink-wrapped,
>> there are no parts on that area of the PC board, and there’s nothing sharp
>> that could abrade the plastic covering. It’s all quite safe.
>>
>> There is of course a rubberized pad on the inside of the bottom cover.
>> This creates high friction to keep the battery from moving around.
>>
>>
> Very good. Great radio and I just didn't want to mess anything up.
>
> Thank you Wayne!
>
> 73,
>
> Tim N9PUZ
>
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