I hate Radio Shack

From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Thu Jun 13 18:09:06 2002

Tony Duell wrote:

> Anyway, what amazed and worried me was the power supply circuit used. It
> consisted of a 6V transformer for the valve heaters and a half-wave
> rectifier to produce the HT (B+) directly from the mains. The neutral
> line of the mains was connected to the metal chassis. And some of the
> projects used headphones. I can think of plenty of ways that could turn
> into an 'electric chair'....

Sadly this seems to be the norm for some Valve projects. I have old book
"Electricity and Electronics " - McGraw Hill 1964 that has a One Tube
Radio with a 1/2 wave recifier (110 AC) and 25 watt 750 ohm resistor
to drop the AC to 12 volts for the heater. All the projects use a audio
output transformer so the speaker is the only safe item.
 
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