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This answers it...you are in the garage. Barefoot.  



In any case: do read up upon electrical safety. It is plain dangerous to work on anything powered from MAINs without fully understanding what you subject yourself to.

Morzh -   Once again, you are EXACTLY correct.   When I touch the chassis or metal volume control rod barefoot, I feel the current( probably should stop doing that), if I put sneakers on - I feel nothing, no matter how the plug goes.  I'm finished with this radio anyway and it works well, so now it goes back into the wood cabinet.  If you all notice the lights flickering later, it 's just me.