Hi Lionel, tks for your email and best regards. > 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 > Tks for your pic, however that hand-strap, that I have sent website, has a resistor of 1 mega ohm inserted. So I need to pay attention to mat because has not that resistor. > 73 > Lionel, F6FCD, Paris, France > K3 #3675 > Best 73 and till next email.
T6AG David Quental > > > > > -----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 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
