This thread reminds me of when I was in high school and in electronics class I inadvertently touched this light these guys were working with and I felt like I had just woke up. I was still standing, but it must have been one hell of a shock to make me feel like I lost a minute of my life. grin
Of course I still love to tell the story of when I had replaced a switch in a three way setup. I asked my wife to flip the switch so I could be sure it was working correctly. I distinctly told her not to touch anything other than the plastic switch itself-the part you toggle. So, what did she do? Well exactly what I told her not to do. The switch was not in the box at that point and so she grabs the whole damned switch and got quite a shock. grin

On May 24, 2013, at 11:46 PM, Jim Gammon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> My first one of those occurred when I was probably 9 years old.  
> My dad took me with him to a radio-tv repair shop, back when they 
> had those.  We were hanging out talking to Bill, the shop owner 
> when I started feeling a large tv CRT sitting face down on a 
> wooden box.  WELL Bill told me that, "Son, you better not touch 
> that because you can get one heck of a shock from that." I said 
> in my youthful wisdom/arrogance, well, how can I get a shock from 
> this thing when it's not even plugged in? About that time, I 
> touched the hole where the b plus voltage wire connects and that 
> old CRT unloaded on me.  I bet I jumped a foot off the ground.  
> Of course, Bill said, "I told you that would happen!" Needless to 
> say, they got a good laugh out of that.  73, Jim WA6EKS
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Miller <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Fri, 24 May 2013 21:25:12 -0400
> Subject: Re: Shocking experiences!
> 
> Yeah, bleeder resisters don't last forever and you have no way of 
> knowing if
> they're any good or not until it's too late sometimes.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]
> To: <[log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 6:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Shocking experiences!
> 
> 
> I've developed a healthy respect for plate caps.
> 
> I remember when a ham neutralized my old Hallicrafters rig with 
> TV sweep
> tubes, i.e.  probably only 600 volts on the plate cap.  He 
> touched the tip
> of
> a screwdriver to the plate cap and it made a helluva an arcing 
> noise.
> 
> When a friend brought over the AL811A I purchased and was 
> hooking up a
> jack
> for my tuning aid, you could hear the caution or fear in his 
> voice as he
> worked inside that amp, even with the power disconnected.  You 
> never know
> if
> those bleeder resistors are really working and I think that 
> thing runs
> 1800
> volts on the plates.
> 
> Steve, K8SP
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
> To: <[log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 2:46 PM
> Subject: Shocking experiences!
> 
> 
> Reminds me of the time another blind ham and I were "exploring"
> inside his TR-4 Drake and I got across the b plus voltage.  I
> have no idea why we were poking around in there with the power
> on.  Those rigs even had  an enclosed box containing the high
> voltage circuits but, in the case of that particular rig, it was
> open.  Man, what a shock-o-runi! Jim WA6EKS
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Fri, 24 May 2013 12:23:35 -0600
> Subject: Re: acessible radios
> 
> ah yes, the swan 270A lol.
> pretty neat rig with the built in power supply and all tubes in 
> a
> very small
> package for the time.
> I was given a 270 when I was about 14 or 15 I think so I could
> have a decent
> radio to listen on.
> Of course, I had to golden screw driver the thing...one of those
> sessions I
> found the big coil near the power tube that carried 700 volts on
> it...my
> finger touched it and I was thrown a couple feet back...little
> burn on the
> finger too.
> It wasn't transmitting thank god so it wasn't as bad as it could
> have been.
> Anyway, always liked that rig and when I sold it along with the
> SBE64? it
> was still transmitting at least 100 watts on most bands.
> I had tuned it way back then down into the 11 meter band of
> course and it
> went right down to about 26.5MHZ or so.
> 
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]
> To: <[log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 9:14 AM
> Subject: Re: acessible radios
> 
> 
> I had a National NCX3 for a short while that I tuned the same
> way.  =
> Except the power supply hum was loud enough that I didn't have
> to put my =
> ear to it.  Or maybe my ears were young enough.  Sure wouldn't
> mind having =
> another of those, or better, an NCX5.=20
> 
> Dave mentioned the Swan 270.  I have one of those, got it last
> year, but =
> no idea if it transmits.  Receives fine though.  I have a D104,
> but again, =
> no idea if it still works or if the crystal element's gone or
> what.  So, =
> two variables.=20
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> 
> 
> 
> On May 24, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:
> 
> A friend of mine who is a Dr.  saw me do it, and gave me a
> stethoscope =
> to=20
> make it easier.=20