Wed Mar 24 22:14:20 EDT 2010 LS (W5QD) wrote ... The mat doesn't have to be grounded ...
-- All, WARNING! The statement W5QD just posted is completely false! The ESD mat must be grounded in order for it to be able to dissipate an electrical charge. If you don't ground the mat, then you might as well not have it, since your entire work area could very easily be floating at tens of thousands of volts above ground, just waiting for "somewhere" to discharge "to" and "something" to discharge "through"! 73, Gary KI4GGX ______________________________________________________________ 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
