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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Morning all,
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> <SNIP>
>> If, and only if a pin is bent, first ground yourself on a radiator
>> then take a pair of fine pliers or tweezers (available from maplin) =
>
> if I might point out, my radiators (10 year old 'modern' house in th UK) have
> plastic pipes and are not connected to earth in any way. In fact, the entire
> water system in the house is plastic.
>
> Beware as not being earthed can be catastrophic.
I have been working since 1985 with ICs of all sorts, and have not had
problems. I reckon one should simply not do such work in centrally
heated carpeted houses - which I never do. Stripped pine floorboards
are fine, as long as one does not have one hand on a monitor screen!
Tony
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