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My Philco 38-7 Console Project - Electronic Questions
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David, just to reinforce what Rod mentioned about dangerous potentials on those speaker wires, it reminds me of a time in my teens. I was just getting interested in electronics and being a dumb kid messing around with an old radio a friend and I found at the curb back in the 60s. I really had no business doing what we did, a little knowledge can be dangerous Icon_lolno we pulled the chassis and speaker from the cabinet and put it on a table. We had it turned on and my friend had his arm laying across the speaker while at the same time went and tried turning up the volume by grasping the bare metal volume control shaft. Well it picked him up and threw him up against the wall. Now in hind sight I know why. His arm was in contact with one of the DC high voltage terminals on the speaker and when he touched the metal control shaft which was at B-, he was hit with fully around 300V, luckily he wasn’t electrocuted! Dangerous stuff for a couple of wet behind the ears kids!

Ron

Bendix 0626.      RCA 8BX5.   RCA T64
Philco 41-250.    Philco49-500
GE 201.             Philco 39-25
Motorola 61X13. Philco 46-42        Crosley 52TQ
Philco 37-116.    Philco 70
AK 35                Philco 46-350
Philco 620B.       Zenith Transoceanic B-600
Philco 60B.         Majestic 50
Philco 52-944.    AK 84


Messages In This Thread
RE: My Philco 38-7 Console Project - by DavidK - 03-01-2023, 11:48 PM
RE: My Philco 38-7 Console Project - by RodB - 03-02-2023, 10:11 AM
RE: My Philco 38-7 Console Project - by DavidK - 03-02-2023, 11:10 AM
RE: My Philco 38-7 Console Project - by RodB - 03-02-2023, 11:10 AM
RE: My Philco 38-7 Console Project - by DavidK - 03-02-2023, 12:08 PM
RE: My Philco 38-7 Console Project - by RodB - 03-02-2023, 02:08 PM
RE: My Philco 38-7 Console Project - by DavidK - 03-02-2023, 02:54 PM
462ron - by 462ron - 03-03-2023, 07:46 AM



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