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In Reply to: RE: John Swenson's/Sonore microRendu at Axpona posted by Mr_Steady on April 19, 2016 at 05:27:47
My reservation about valves that stick out, without mechanical protection, is that they are intrinsically unsafe. Anyone in UK who gets hurt by one of these will probably win big in a court case.
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Much about the modern world is intrinsically unsafe. Picture two automobiles hurtling at each other at 190kph with only a yellow strip of paint in the middle of the road separating them, and they pass each other with maybe 50cm to spare. You are wholly dependent that the oncoming car isn't piloted by someone who is legally blind, retarded, mentally ill, drunk, on drugs, preoccupied with something like an electronic device, doesn't have a bee flying around in the car with them, kids aren't fighting in the back, or just plain have their head up their ass.
Exposed valves pale in comparison.
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Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
Just another thing to complain about in old age. I suppose valves can be unsafe if you handle them while hot, but so can a cup of coffee. But the funny thing is, some morons have actually sued over hot coffee! Some folks might sue over hot valves. Who knows these days.
Not allowed in EU generally .I guess IT 'system managers' feel that they can do what they please out of ignorance.
But this is a stupid attitude.
Not allowed in EU generally.I'm not in the fricken EU, thank God!
I guess IT 'system managers' feel that they can do what they please out of ignorance.
How do IT 'system managers' relate to running equipment with exposed vacuum tubes? 1) I'm not an IT systems manager. 2) But I've run equipment with exposed vacuum tubes many times.
For some of our concerned EU friends, the trick is to not cuddle up to, kiss, suck on, lean on, or touch the vacuum tubes at all while hot. Similarly when driving a car, the trick is to not crash it. Or trip over your own two feet while walking across the street. These too can be dangerous but the nanny state can't protect everyone from their own stupidity. So be careful.
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For some of our concerned EU friends,
These days, allowing for national and regional variations, safety regulations are broadly comparable, not least because many are set by international bodies. (I accept that many EU "regulations" are back-door protectionism. Those of us living, however reluctantly, in the EU know that our concerned US friends' government would never behave like that.)
the trick is to not cuddle up to, kiss, suck on, lean on, or touch the vacuum tubes at all while hot.
My concern is not just for the adult with interesting habits - your syntax is unclear but I take it you didn't learn those "donts" the hard way - or even the one who has an otherwise trivial accident with a metal-handled broom. It's more for the child whose curiosity leads it to contact the high voltages tube circuits typically rely on.
Same problem with my beryllium tweeters. I couldn't use these if I had children (or cats) in my household, otherwise highly poisonous beryllium dust might get created and inhaled.
But then, I wonder how highly poisonous this stuff is. As a 12 year old radio ham I played with liquid mercury, lead based solder, and even managed to burn my fingers on RF on an antenna coupler (no pain, just the smell of burning flesh). I also managed to touch an active secondary of a neon sign transformer. That was exciting, as I work up across the room with no recollection of what had happened.
I am a firm supporter of the Darwin Awards. :)
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
It's more for the child whose curiosity leads it to contact the high voltages tube circuits typically rely on.Of course, and it's the responsibility of parents to keep the child safe. Some inmates have sold their vacuum tube gear while others put tube cages on them if children are in the households. We don't need the government to regulate such things. IMHO we are already over regulated by our governments.
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