Ron, Don -
I learned a good deal more clarification today, about
ESD Safe - and one's potential house wiring situation.
Thanks.
Looks like one has to verify, with available
testers, and electricians if need be, that their
facility and shack and home, are wired correctly
and that the SINGLE
Quick Answer: See This months (JUNE 2007) QST Page 28. I could add a lot to
the article from a MIL-SPEC suppliers point of view, but then it would be
grossly overstated.
Check the Elecraft Web Pages for more also.
A good wrist strap and common sense will go a long way.
Good luck with the
,, Connect to the House Mains (connection
thru one's 110VAC outlet)
Problem, or potential problems with this ground (thru
a resistor) connection - it assumes some electrician
didn't mess up and not connect that plug's ground.
It is common home electical code - that one should
not count on
I DO NOT KNOW THE ESD-CONNECTION ANSWER: This topic
of SAFE ESD, HOUSE GROUNDS, and how to do it - needs
to be answered by a licensed U.S. Electrician - versed
in the electrical code now in place in the U.S. How
GROUND is established, and where one is supposed to
find and connect to GROUND -
Folks,
Remember that the basic requirement for ESD protection at the workbench
is that everything in the work area should be at the *same* potential.
That potential does not have to be at absolute zero reference volts, and
the grounding leads do not have to carry more than a few microamps -
Almost any hardware store will provide you, for a very small price, a
reliable outlet tester that checks for a valid mains safety ground AND to
see if the wires to the spade terminals are connected correctly.
Your test equipment that plugs in, especially the ESD-safe soldering iron,
is connected
know for sure it's safe, treat any pcb that is out
of the rig as static sensitive.
Ron AC7AC
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Subject: [Elecraft] Being ESD Safe
Hello all,
I just
Thanks for the replies.
Good info, I wasn't sure if I need to plug into my
powerstrip or something to get a ground contact,
living in an apartment makes grounding kinda a pain,
and I have a power splitter with a power/ground lights
and the ground light likes to flash a lot, leading me
to believe
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