AC/DC radio precautions, was Old Radios

______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Old Radios Author: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu at internet Date: 12/23/98 6:44 PM I stand corrected. This is a good time to mention to our list members that if they find an old tube radio, especially an AC/DC set (you can tell this by the absence of a power transformer and a tube complement which will equal 120 volts for total filament voltage, some even have line cord resistors), THESE SETS ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LETHAL, often having the 120 hot wire soldered to the chassis. If you touch the chassis on one of these sets wired with the hot to chassis, then ground yourself, you'll electrocute yourself. Always use one hand only so you don't provide a path for the current (likewise be certain you have insulated shoes, not providing a current path anywhere on your body). If you need to work on one of these sets, use an isolation transformer or wire a light bulb between the set and house current (the light bulb filiment should open before you fry, thus breaking the circuit). Marty -tony ------ Message Header Follows ------ Received: from lists2.u.washington.edu by smtp.itgonline.com (PostalUnion/SMTP(tm) v2.1.9i(b5) for Windows NT(tm)) id AA-1998Dec23.184419.1767.87098; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 18:44:19 -0500 Received: from host (lists.u.washington.edu [140.142.56.13]) by lists2.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with SMTP id PAA28362; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:42:13 -0800 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id PAA2 1242 for &lt;classiccmp(a)lists.u.washington.edu&gt;du>; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:41:14 -0800 Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.40]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id PAA20 031 for &lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;du>; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:41:13 -0800 Received: from [158.152.97.199] (helo=p850ug1) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 0zsxtv-0000Vb-00 for classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 23:41:12 +0000 Received: by p850ug1 id <m0zsxYB-000IyJC@p850ug1> (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 23 Dec 98 23:18 GMT Message-Id: <m0zsxYB-000IyJC@p850ug1> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 23:18:40 +0000 (GMT) Reply-To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Sender: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu Precedence: bulk From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" &lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt; Subject: Re: Old Radios In-Reply-To: &lt;1998Dec23.173845.1767.173734(a)smtp.itgonline.com&gt; from "Marty" at Dec 23, 98 05:40:53 pm Content-Type: text X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN