Hi there.
I recently purchased a Kees Theremin and fried one particular transistor in it twice without playing it for more than probably 20 minutes collectively.
I have a bit of a static electricity issue around my house. Usually it doesn't pose a big problem (besides making life generally more electric) but for this particular sensitive unit it does.
The biggest problem seems to be when I might come in contact (or very close) to the volume antennae. This fries the transistor closest to it.
I'm wondering if there is maybe a component that I could install between the volume antennae and the circuit board to maybe keep this from happening.
I found this on wikipedia but i wonder if it would get in the way of the antennaes functionality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transient_voltage_suppression_diode
ideas?
I recently purchased a Kees Theremin and fried one particular transistor in it twice without playing it for more than probably 20 minutes collectively.
I have a bit of a static electricity issue around my house. Usually it doesn't pose a big problem (besides making life generally more electric) but for this particular sensitive unit it does.
The biggest problem seems to be when I might come in contact (or very close) to the volume antennae. This fries the transistor closest to it.
I'm wondering if there is maybe a component that I could install between the volume antennae and the circuit board to maybe keep this from happening.
I found this on wikipedia but i wonder if it would get in the way of the antennaes functionality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transient_voltage_suppression_diode
ideas?