[BC] 110 V DC AC/DC radios 5 tube all american

[Lane Lindstrom]

Which reminds me of renovating our house some 25 years ago. It was built in
the 1890's and still had knob and tube wireing. I was told by a retired
electritian to beware since they used to always switch the nuetral as
opposed to the "hot". Found out the hard way when power washing over a porch
light fixture that was not turned on.


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Subject: [BC] 110 V DC AC/DC radios 5 tube all american


>
> >Was only dangerous if you put the plug in the wall the wrong way....
Good
> >thing for polarized plugs, huh?
>
>
> Sure, but most of them didn't have a polarized plug.  I don't think  that
> came out until the mid 1960's.  I remember putting an AC-DC radio on  top
of a
> radiator about 1958 or so.  The radio was in a wooden case but  there were
some
> hex head screws on the bottom that attached the  chassis.  All was fine
until
> one day I moved the radio a bit and one of the  screws made contact with
the
> radiator.
>
> The result was a bright flash followed by total darkness.  It blew  the
fuse,
> which was one of eight down in the basement of our house.   Electrical
> standards were a lot different 50-60 years ago.
>
> When I was in High School, I worked part time at the local TV repair
shop.
> Most TV's were series wired sets with one side of the  power line
connected to
> the metal chassis. Across the front edge of the  service bench was a very
> convenient Plugmold power strip. The metal exterior of  the metal power
strip was
> very well bonded to ground. This turned  out to be especially festive when
> you were working on portable TV's  with a steel cabinet.  It was natural
to rest
> your arms on the front of the  bench which meant that the very well
grounded
> power strip was firmly connected  to your body.  Touching the chassis of
many
> of those TVs at the same time  could easily launch you half way across the
> room if the plug was in the socket  the wrong way. You had a 50-50 chance
of
> having a hot chassis.
>
> OSHA would never let that slide today, but back in the early 1960s, it
was
> just another day at the office.  Times change.
>
> Chuck  Conrad
> KZQX Radio
> _www.kzqx.com_ (http://www.kzqx.com/)
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