The text below sounds like the safest thing to me. I'll be darned if I would strap my wrist to the ground pin of any outlet in my house, whether it passed a test or not.
> For the assembly of the K3, I merely tied the anti-static > mat to a > metal ground in the radio and wore a wrist strap attached > to the > mat. If I had to leave the bench, I always put on the > strap before > touching the radio or any components being installed. If > there were > anything to be soldered I would ground my solder station > to the mat > with a simple clip lead. Yes, to be totally safe from > discharge a > clip lead to the house safety ground would be best. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
