> > From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/12/07 Wed PM 03:05:33 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Sony's at it again. > > mike wilson wrote: > > > > > > > It probably made sense to limit supply to those who had an at least > > rudimentary knowledge of what they were doing when TVs and radios had tubes > > and you could create death very easily. Today, you would have to try very > > hard to hurt yourself with the electricity in household entertainment > > goods. A pacemaker might take exception. > > > > mike > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > Umm, TV's and CRT monitors are just as dangerous as 40 years ago. > > All that voltage is in the Capacitors and the CRT tubes, and CRT's are > still the most common technology for TV. Radios are safer, but they > always were (You don't need 20,000+ volts on an amplifier tube). >
Modern electronics use a lot less current, though. You could quite easily fry in your own body fat with either a TV or radio 40 years ago. Modern equipment is much less powerful, in that sense. Not that I am saying it is totally safe but I would rather suffer a slip of the hand on modern stuff than a valve set. mike ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
