There has been very low humidity this week, and I have had some shocks at home.
When we got lots of static discharge shocks after walking on my mother-in-law's carpet, I put some 1 Meg Ohm resistors under the light switch cover screw for her to touch in the winter before the switch. Silly idea but it worked to discharge all the static but so slowly as to not experience the shock. There might be a similar solution to touching the K-Pod. My K-Pod arrived today, and my only annoyance is that the cables are too short for both the radio line and the 12v line. On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 5:42 PM, Nr4c <[email protected]> wrote: > Try a humidifier to reduce the static. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > > > On Mar 15, 2018, at 11:08 AM, Chuck Milam, N9KY <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Greetings, All! > > > > I'm getting static electricity shocks through my K-Pod case, and I need > > some suggestions for mitigation. > > > > Background: I keep my K-Pod on my operating desk just to the right of > the > > shack computer mouse. I've noticed when I walk over to the desk and grab > > the mouse, the K-Pod will beep. Further investigation shows I'm getting > > static electricity discharge from my finger through the K-Pod, this > morning > > I even noticed an arc from my pinky finger to the K-Pod case. When the > > K-Pod beeps, the D1 and D2 lights will cycle. > > > > The shack is carpeted, and I have a rolling chair on one of those plastic > > chair mats (which can probably go away if necessary,) I suspect that mat > is > > probably contributing to the static problem. > > > > Obviously, I don't want static electricity discharging through my K-Pod > and > > then through my K3. I'd welcome any ideas for static mitigation > > strategies. I was thinking some sort of grounded mouse/keyboard mat, > which > > used to be more common, but seem hard to find these days. > > > > 73, > > > > Chuck Milam, N9KY > > [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > -- 73 de Ted Edwards, W3TB and GØPWW and thinking about operating CW: "Do today what others won't, so you can do tomorrow what others can't." ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
