On Monday 24 July 2006 13:35, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > All it takes to be as safe as sitting at the bench with a wrist > strap on is to touch a ground *before* touching anything else, and keep > touching that ground again and again before touching other things.
That is how I built my K2 and numerous CMOS and HCMOS projects. I have been using my 15 Watt Antex soldering iron since 1970 and continue to use it in the USA using a voltage doubling and mains isolating (not an autotransformer) transformer. I feel that my projects and I are safe. Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962 -- _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
