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 _______________________________________________ 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
