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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