Re: WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! (was ESD recommendation)
Posted by
Darrell Bellerive-2 on
Nov 24, 2007; 5:12pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/WARNING-WARNING-WARNING-was-ESD-recommendation-tp366973p366974.html
What about touching the circuit board pads with my Weller soldering station
that has a grounded tip?
On Friday 23 November 2007 10:52, Gary Hvizdak wrote:
> YOU ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY SHOULD NOT GROUND THE CHASSIS while
> assembling
>
> your K3 or anything else that has ESD sensitive components! Doing so would
> defeat the entire purpose of the ESD mat, which is to gently, safely, and
> gradually dissipate a charge so that it doesn't cause damage. If you
> directly ground the chassis and you or someone else were to "accidentally"
> touch the rig in a vulnerable spot (while not wearing a wrist strap), then
> the resulting surge discharging that person's charge to ground through the
> rig's vulnerable circuitry would most certainly fry something!
--
Darrell Bellerive
Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA
Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
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