Hi David and all, Quick reminder about anti-static stuff. Your pad and hand-strap must NEVER be connected directly to the ground. Between those and the ground a resistor of 1 mega ohm must be inserted. See on the picture below, a yellow adapter (plugged) containing this resistor.
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/2687/p1040712.jpg 73 Lionel, F6FCD, Paris, France K3 #3675 -----Message d'origine----- De : elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] De la part de David Quental Envoyé : dimanche 13 décembre 2009 10:18 À : d...@w3fpr.com Cc : Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Objet : Re: [Elecraft] Anti-static stuff to assemble K3. Hello all, tks for your replay emails and best regards. Ok I will not buy gloves according to your opinions, I will safe some money :) , however I have another doubt: at my apartment I have not a central earth connection, but some electricity plugs (mainly from kitchen) have the earth cable attached to plugs (of course not in same position of 220 Volts :) ), could I attach terminals from mat and wrist strap to that earth connection from electricity plugs ??? Best regards and till next email. T6AG David Quental > David, > > The mat and wrist strap should do the job nicely, but I don't believe > the gloves are necessary. You will be dealing with parts at the board > level and not handling particularly sensitive individual components. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > David Quental wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> like I have wrote previously, I will assemble my K3 at April next year, >> however I have not anti-static stuff yet, I have found site that sells >> anti-static stuff, like mats, gloves and ESD wrist strap. Could be >> useful to buy all stuff, even that ESD gloves to assemble K3 ? >> >> Here is the site: >> >> http://www.leiritronica.com/electronica/index.php?cPath=139_147 >> >> Sorry, it is in portuguese language, but stuff is pretty visible. >> >> Best regards and till next email. >> >> T6AG >> David Quental >> > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html