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"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> schreef in bericht
news:JHetf.4628$lb.395803@news1.epix.net...
> RST Engineering wrote:
>> It is a hell of a lot easier to solder a 100K-1Meg resistor to a solder
>> lug with very short leads, clip the other end of the resistor short and
>> either file the open end to a point or solder a sewing pin end to the
>> open end to give that sharp point. Shrink sleeve the whole works except
>> for a tiny bit of the pin tip and the area where you are going to put a
>> screw through the solder lug to electrically attach it to the airframe.
>>
>> Works out to about two cents of material per wick. Google past issues of
>> Kitplanes; I wrote this up the better part of fifteen years ago or so.
>
> Jim,
>
> Question: Why do you need the resistor? Since you want to get rid of
> charge, why not just a sharp piece of wire?
current limiting, I reckon
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