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Introducing a New Horse to the Stable
Howard Stone's experience with the Radford amp brought this on, so please f=
orgive the rant-like process here.=20 Guys and Gals:=20 When introducing a new piece of equipment to the system, please take NOTHIN= G for granted, not even it it is brand-new, fresh from the box. And if it i= s used, or, much worse, vintage-used please be exceedingly cautious. Equipm= ent failure can be anything from minimally annoying to spectacularly annoyi= ng to genuinely dangerous to life and property.=20 I have no problems running my 56 year old tube system in my office, and lea= ving it unattended for hours at a time. It has been through my bench, sat f= or hours on a metered variac, and I created a temperature-table using a hea= t-gun such that if I see changes over time, I have a pretty good idea wher= e to look for trouble. But when it came to me, I had no such faith.=20 In all seriousness, if one is going to pursue this hobby at more than an oc= casional level, one should obtain the basic tools necessary to do so safely= both for the equipment and the real-estate. This is not to suggest that su= ch would have prevented Howard's experience - but he very probably would ha= ve seen it coming in time to prevent the special effects.=20 If there is a consensus, I would be glad to take a picture of my (very basi= c) bench, and (very basic) tooling, with an explanation for each item and t= he purpose(s) it services. Thoughts? Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
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