ouch, not good at all. The best way I can think of to check it, and might be 
safer with sighted help, is to put a multi meter on it and see if you can 
check for voltage through the case or what ever it was she touched, button 
what ever part it was. As for the outlet, I wouldn't think an outlet could 
cause that unless maybe it was wired backward and you also touch something 
plugged in to an outlet wired the right way, learned that from experience, 
but you'd want sighted help with that check since looking at the color of 
the wires is the best way.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Lombardi" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 5:18 AM
Subject: Re: Sony Dream Machine Talking Clock Radios


> That sounds serious.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Louis Kim Kline
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 11:25 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Sony Dream Machine Talking Clock Radios
>
> Hi.
>
> My fiance got a rather nasty surprise Friday morning, when her Sony Dream
> Machine delivered a rather severe electrical shock when she went to turn 
> the
> alarm off.  She said that it made a loud bang and shefelt a jolt of
> electricity on her finger shooting up her arm.  She couldn't get the 
> feeling
> back in that finger for a good part of that morning, and said that her arm
> ached for the rest of that day.  Sounds like she somehow got a hold of 
> live
> 120 volts, and luckily wasn't terribly well grounded when she did it.
>
> Anyway, we are trying to figure out whether the radio was at fault or
> whether there is something wrong with that outlet.  I loaned her an RCA
> talking clock radio that I have and brought the Sony back over here, but
> haven't as yet figured out how I'm going to evaluate what went wrong.
>
> My first question is whether or not anyone has heard of anything like this
> happening with that model of radio, and is there anything out there with a
> radio and CD player that is equivalent or better, if we determine that 
> this
> unit is no longer fit for use?
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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> living aids is advertising made in japan and you talk to it?