Willen
Well-Known Member
I have extremly cheap soldering iron (less than $1). I have lots of CMOS ICs, small MOSFETs, JFETs, ESD sensitive LEDs and few tiny chips. I am going to engaged on various hobbyist projects. I also going to buy an Wrist trap. But worrying about my extremely cheap soldering iron. I guess it generates ESD and my house has no earth wire. Also soldering iron has only two wires without earthen wire.
Is it serious situation? If yes then I thought an idea to clip an 'alligator clip' on soldering iron's metal body and ground it with 1Meg series resistor (same as Wrist Trap). Isn't it a good idea? If any other please!
Is it serious situation? If yes then I thought an idea to clip an 'alligator clip' on soldering iron's metal body and ground it with 1Meg series resistor (same as Wrist Trap). Isn't it a good idea? If any other please!