[Elecraft] Antistatic Silicon Mat?

[SteveL]

Also, I believe ESD wrist straps should have something like a 1 meg ohm resistor in the ground connection to mitigate direct (and potentially fatal) shock to ground while allowing the bleed off static charge.  A direct connection to ground is hazardous!

Steve
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> On Jan 12, 2018, at 1:19 PM, Dale Chayes <dale at ldeo.columbia.edu> wrote:
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> Whatever you buy, don’t forget (the obvious, but often overlooked):
> - at least one wrist strap
> - and you have to ground the mat
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