[Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat?
First, don't worry, I have not started to remove anything from the ESD bags. There is quite a lot of that pink antistatic bubblewrap protecting the pieces of the K3 kit. Is is possible that those could be used as a static dissipating work mat? 73, Henry - K4TMC Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
RE: [Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat?
Henry (K4TMC) wrote ... There is quite a lot of that pink antistatic bubble wrap protecting the pieces of the K3 kit. Is it possible that those could be used as a static dissipating work mat? -- Henry, No. 73, Gary KI4GGX ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat?
Ahhh, come on Henry - Surely, you can spare $20 for an anti-static mat to protect your $1300+++ investment in the K3 kit! TigerDirect (www.tigerdirect.com) has their stock number ULT33122 priced at $19.99. I don't know if they are available in the local store, but a phone call might give you that info. I have no relationship with TigerDirect except as a customer - I'm just passing information along. If you really want to go inexpensive, roll out some aluminum foil to keep everything at the same potential - you can even ground the foil with a 1 megohm resistor to the AC equipment ground that is likely found on every receptacle in the house. Congratulations on receiving your K3, and Happy Building. 73, Don W3FPR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First, don't worry, I have not started to remove anything from the ESD bags. There is quite a lot of that pink antistatic bubblewrap protecting the pieces of the K3 kit. Is is possible that those could be used as a static dissipating work mat? 73, Henry - K4TMC ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat?
Hit up Radio Shack in the morning - they have a kit with mat strap. 73, Mike KW1ND ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
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OK, thanks for all the responses. I got the message! It's like this - the package was not scheduled to arrive until tomorrow. I leave tomorrow morning for a business trip, and had planned to pick up a mat while on the trip. You know what a kid is like with a new toy! I was trying to decide whether it was OK to use the pink stuff temporarily. So, to play it safe, I just did some of the basic mechanical assembly (carry handle, rubber feet, SO239). That will suffice until I get a mat this week. It will be the weekend before things can get started anyhow. 73, Henry - K4TMC -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Mon, Nov 26 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat? Ahhh, come on Henry - Surely, you can spare $20 for an anti-static mat to protect your $1300+++ investment in the K3 kit! TigerDirect (www.tigerdirect.com) has their stock number ULT33122 priced at $19.99. I don't know if they are available in the local store, but a phone call might give you that info. I have no relationship with TigerDirect except as a customer - I'm just passing information along. If you really want to go inexpensive, roll out some aluminum foil to keep everything at the same potential - you can even ground the foil with a 1 megohm resistor to the AC equipment ground that is likely found on every receptacle in the house. Congratulations on receiving your K3, and Happy Building. 73, Don W3FPR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First, don't worry, I have not started to remove anything from the ESD bags. There is quite a lot of that pink antistatic bubblewrap protecting the pieces of the K3 kit. Is is possible that those could be used as a static dissipating work mat? 73, Henry - K4TMC Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
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OK, thanks for all the responses. I got the message! It's like this - the package was not scheduled to arrive until tomorrow. I leave tomorrow morning for a business trip, and had planned to pick up a mat while on the trip. You know what a kid is like with a new toy! I was trying to decide whether it was OK to use the pink stuff temporarily. So, to play it safe, I just did some of the basic mechanical assembly (carry handle, rubber feet, SO239). That will suffice until I get a mat this week. It will be the weekend before things can get started anyhow. 73, Henry - K4TMC -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Mon, Nov 26 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat? Ahhh, come on Henry - Surely, you can spare $20 for an anti-static mat to protect your $1300+++ investment in the K3 kit! TigerDirect (www.tigerdirect.com) has their stock number ULT33122 priced at $19.99. I don't know if they are available in the local store, but a phone call might give you that info. I have no relationship with TigerDirect except as a customer - I'm just passing information along. If you really want to go inexpensive, roll out some aluminum foil to keep everything at the same potential - you can even ground the foil with a 1 megohm resistor to the AC equipment ground that is likely found on every receptacle in the house. Congratulations on receiving your K3, and Happy Building. 73, Don W3FPR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First, don't worry, I have not started to remove anything from the ESD bags. There is quite a lot of that pink antistatic bubblewrap protecting the pieces of the K3 kit. Is is possible that those could be used as a static dissipating work mat? 73, Henry - K4TMC Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
RE: [Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat?
Don (W3FPR) wrote ... If you really want to go inexpensive, roll out some aluminum foil to keep everything at the same potential - you can even ground the foil with a 1 M resistor to the AC equipment ground that is likely found on every receptacle in the house. -- Henry, If you use something like aluminum foil for your ESD work surface, AND you directly ground it (i.e. without a 1M series resistor), AND you don't use a wrist strap, AND you take a circuit board out of an ESD bag AND place it on the foil, then you might rapidly discharge tens of thousands of volts of static charge that's on your body through the circuit card to ground! Even if you routinely wear a wrist strap, a 1M series resistor between the foil and ground (as Don suggests) would be a very good idea, for the times when you forget to put it on, or in case someone else comes along who doesn't know proper ESD procedures. BTW, it would be a BAD IDEA to put the bubble wrap on top of the foil whether or not you have a 1 M resistor in series with it. FYI, there's a wealth of information about ESD at online. Check out ... http://www.midwestesd.org/aboutesd.html for much more than you are likely to ever want to know on the subject. 73, Gary KI4GGX P.S. On a related subject, the IPC expert (where I work) didn't have an answer to the recent directly grounded soldering iron tip question. However, she did said she would get back to me with an answer. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat?
Generally, the color pink denotes a material that will not *create* static. i.e. it does not shed electrons easily. However, it will *not* dissipate an existing static charge because it is non-conductive and is therefore useless as a static mat. Packing material that is at least slightly conductive is usually colored black and it is used where items must be shielded. It could be used as a mat in theory but, practically, it would probably not work very well. As others have suggested .. invest in a real static mat. Don K7FJ - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 6:19 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat? First, don't worry, I have not started to remove anything from the ESD bags. There is quite a lot of that pink antistatic bubblewrap protecting the pieces of the K3 kit. Is is possible that those could be used as a static dissipating work mat? 73, Henry - K4TMC Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
