9 May
2016
9 May
'16
5:20 p.m.
On May 9, 2016, at 4:21 PM, Mouse <mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG> wrote:
I would tend do something like inserting a 100K or
1M resistor in the path to ground. ...
If I'm off base, I'm sure someone will correct me!
I strongly second Mouse?s recommendation (and to you too, Adrian). Suddenly placing a
large charge anyplace on your ground plane (the pipe is as good a choice as I can think
of, but ?.) could invert diodes, back-bias transistors, etc. etc. and it?s just so easy to
avoid by having a large high-voltage resistor in series with your clip. No loud snap, no
pyrotechnics, your hand won?t jump in involuntary reaction to the loud snap - it?s just a
much more controlled and gentle effect on the system.
I have not done it myself (either way) but have seen it done, and it works well.
Resistors are really cheap insurance in this context.
- Mark
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