When you said what happened, I figured it was a metal case or there was 
metal on it. that's strange.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: Sony Dream Machine Talking Clock Radios


> Hi John.
>
> That was my first thought, although that is usually more of an issue with
> things that have a metal chassis, like my old Hallicrafters S108 shortwave
> receiver.  If you didn't plug it in the right way, there was a pretty
> substantial voltage on the case, which I found out the hard way when I
> bridged the difference in potential between it and the Hallicrafters S20R
> that was sitting right next to it.
>
> A local radio shop rewired the S108 with a three conductor cord and
> strapped the ground pin to the chassis and that took care of the problem,
> but the memory of that shock is something I'll never forget.
>
> I'm starting to wonder if this was some kind of a capacitive discharge
> rather than a steady current.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 09:04 AM 3/9/2009 -0400, you wrote:
>>I had one of those old radioshack talking alarm clocks that was out in the
>>80s for a long time and I got a beautiful static electricity shock from it
>>about 10 years ago which killed it and had me checking to see if I still 
>>had
>>fingers left for a few minutes. That was the end of that clock, it made a
>>funny noise and never worked after that. With a plastic case, that's the
>>only thing I can think of.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Kris Hickerson" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 8:49 AM
>>Subject: Re: Sony Dream Machine Talking Clock Radios
>>
>>
>> > Hi Lou,
>> >
>> > I've had my dream machine for around nine years and never had anything
>> > like
>> > that happen.  Since the radio is built of high-impact plastic, I'm not
>> > sure
>> > how you could get an electrical shock from it, but anything is 
>> > possible.
>> >
>> > Thanks for the heads-up.  Maybe these things get less reliable as they 
>> > get
>> > older.  I'd sure hate to lose mine!  Outside of the Bose, I don't know
>> > what
>> > you could get to replace it.
>> >
>> > 73
>> > Kris
>>
>>
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