[BC] 110 V DC

[Gary Glaenzer]

"until the power transformer came to a rolling boil "

quite a descrption

G



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ChuxGarage at aol.com>
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Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 4:51 PM
Subject: [BC] 110 V DC


>
>
> > >My question is:  Was there anyplace in the U.S. that was served with
110
> > DC
> > >power?  If so I never heard of it.  If there wasn't then why were so
many
> > >radios made with AC/DC power supplies?
> >
> > Absolutely.  Boston had it well into the 1970's.  I'm sure that New York
City
> had it as well as lots of other east coast locations.
>
> During my touring sound career, we were doing a Cat Stevens show in one of
> Boston's old Vaudeville style Theaters. (The Schubert, maybe?) The stage
area
> had been updated for normal, modern AC service, but the dressing rooms and
some
> other areas had DC outlets.
>
> One of the road crew took a Fender practice amplifier into one of the
> dressing rooms to tune the multitude of guitars.  Not thinking (or
knowing) he
> plugged it into a two prong outlet and flipped on the power switch.
Nothing
> happened for about a minute or so until the power transformer came to a
rolling boil
> and erupted in a very violent fashion.  It sure did stink up the place.
They
> even called the fire department.
>
> Of course, a lot of the attraction of the AC-DC radios was they were
cheap.
> Dangerous by today's standards, but cheap....
>
> Chuck Conrad
> KZQX Radio
> www.kzqx.com
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