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From: "Rich" <[email protected]>
To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Does anyone know how to make a Jones Motrola _safe_?
I believe I mentioned that here previously, I suspect that it was ignored
though.
On 02/23/2012 03:56 AM, Jim Nichol wrote:
That sounds like a brilliant guy. I was just in a course about electrical
safety last week. The voltage that kills the most people is 120 VAC.
Jim
On Feb 23, 2012, at 4:44 AM, DanKj wrote:
This discussion reminded me of a situation here, a few years back: The
power company replaced the wires from my house to the pole, and a few
months later, I happened to touch the metal pipe through which the wires
ran to my meter in the cellar. ZAP! The pipe had never been attached
to the meter box or my fuse/breaker box, both of which were grounded
(after I grounded them - NOTHING was grounded when I moved in here!) ...
Anyway, I called the company to have the thing repaired, as it was
obvious that the live conductor was touching the pipe at the top. They
sent Vern& Ernest, I swear. Even after I demonstrated the problem by
lighting-up a 100W bulb between the pipe and a ground, one of the guys
grabbed both pieces of metal& ZAPPED himself for proof! "Oh yeah,
that's live." I guess he was accustomed to 120volts AC!
Reminds me of when I was a kid, I had a Silvertone tape recorder and a Sure
brothers microphone. The tape recorder chassis was grounded to one side of
the AC. The microphone shield wire was grounded to the metal case of the
mic, and the other side to the recorder chassis. The stack vent pipe from
the bathroom downstairs ran right up through the middle of my bedroom, which
of course was an earth ground.
Mic in one hand, lean against the pipe with the other hand. (you can guess
the rest). I wish I could say I only made that mistake once. :-(
Don
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