-----Original Message----- ... no, I didn't tape down the "sensitive" components. --------------------------
>From an ESD point of view, that's cool, but when you pull the tape away from the paper, you're generating a static charge which may make it to your 1/2 populated board and cause problems with components on the board, right? Maybe it is a low probability issue or maybe having the board on a mat eliminates the risk. I don't know. ----------------------- Capacitors ... I have never heard of any of these types of components being damaged by ESD: Has anyone? ---------------------- I work with one EE who says there is an issue with caps where the breakdown voltage (is there such a thing?) of a very small value cap may be less than the voltage generated by ESD. Still, caps of all values at this company are considered not ESD sensitive. In my case, I'm really not smart enough to know what is and is not a real problem so it is just easier to treat everything as if it is sensitive even if I know (or think) it isn't. 73! - Keith N1AS - - K2 5411.ssb.100 - _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
