Vern56
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Set up my dillon 550. Notice the powder measure has powder sticking to the sides.
Any quick way to get rid of it?
Any quick way to get rid of it?
Sounds like a good idea especially if your reloading space is carpeted as, apparently, some of them here are.... My ham radio ground strap runs behind the reloading bench and directly to a ground rod just outside my man cave. I'm gonna give it a try!
Nice to see another fellow Ham RadioDryer sheets and grounding! I'm already enjoying the information from this forum. I've just blown the powder out only to wipe it off my face later! I just figured, oil on my face working on my truck, powder on my face when reloading. I'm really curious about the grounding. My ham radio ground strap runs behind the reloading bench and directly to a ground rod just outside my man cave. I'm gonna give it a try!
• The Dillon powder hoppers can be easily removed with the 2 Phillips-head screws you see visible on the sides.If the hopper will come off....
Set up my dillon 550. Notice the powder measure has powder sticking to the sides.
Any quick way to get rid of it?
Nice to see another fellow Ham Radio
operator.
I'm a ham radio operator, too.
I understand the concept of grounding the press, of course.
I'm not sure that is a good idea.
If your antenna(s) take a lightening strike/nearby strike or your house electric has a surge, some of that current will go to your press, with its gunpowder and primers...not a great thing to have happen.
I'm sure there will be 100 replies from people who insist that "electricity takes the path of least resistance" and that all of the current goes to ground, etc. Yeah, right, actually, wrong. It is easier for electricity to travel through the path of least resistance but not impossible for some of the current to travel through the higher resistance pathways. Any connected system is at risk if there is a surge on the connected lines. Probably a bigger risk if the ham radio antennas are conducting electricity from lightening, but nonetheless even a house-ground connection to the press without any ham radio stuff being involved makes me very nervous. I'm sure that connecting equipment with gunpowder and primers to the house ground is a violation of the spirit if not the wording of the NEC.
dryer sheet.
Also, once the powder measure has a good coat of graphite it will be less prone to static.
dryer sheet.
Also, once the powder measure has a good coat of graphite it will be less prone to static.