MakeMineVinyl
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I don't have any safety ground concerns; in my 1926 house, they didn't use separate ground wires back then, thus no problem.
There are decades of standards built on the back of lives lost to stupid design decisions. There is a saying in engineering that the standards are written in the blood of those killed by poor designs. Safety design standards are not some sort of hand waving. It is a set in stone practice that a you need multiple faults to occur to have a lethal situation. Safety engineers will often use the "Swiss cheese" analogue when talking of accidents. Electrical devices need to provide multiple layers of defence against failure. And the manner in which they are implemented is carefully codified.
The Truth pre quite simply has been built with zero attention to any form of safety. The person constructing it simply has no clue. Phrases like "fault current" come to mind in the lexicon of terms that are just not understood. The build only needs a single failure in construction to become lethal. One. With the appalling construction quality such a failure it is going to be a matter of when not if. If there are hundred devices out there, there is a very good chance one of them will at some point in the next few years have such a failure. From any standpoint that it totally unacceptable. We might hope that there isn't a fatality. If there is you can be sure the victim's family will be lawyering up. In normal engineering practice adherence to accepted standards of safety are what protect you from such things.
I don't have any safety ground concerns; in my 1926 house, they didn't use separate ground wires back then, thus no problem.
.....and we're both still alive.The 1952 house I grew up in had no grounds either.
I remember a short wave radio we had in the 1960's that was built in the 1930's. It had a two prong plug - un-keyed. Because it had a .1 uf capacitor from one of the power wires to chassis it made a shocking difference if plugged in the wrong way. If fact the manual stated if you felt a shock from the chassis to turn the plug around. Turns out the manuals direction was accurate! Certainly, safety has advanced significantly.
I did the same on a UHF 400W 400V transmitter and on the cathode of a EHT tube in a old Black and White TV both left burns, bloody hertz, that two of us still alive, suck an elf.I got zapped with 4kV, threw me around half the room/ Also accidentally put my fingers on a flyback transformer and am still alive.
Got a nasty zap from a not discharged capacitor (300V DC) from a non functioning SMPS etc.
There are people that died because of touching mains though.
A good leakage current circuit breaker can help a lot.
Still... workmanship is shoddy, performance is poor, no matter how you look at it. Not worth $ 1k. Period.
The 'UL' and 'NEC' might have a very different opinion on that.My Truth doesn't have a safety-ground-lift switch, so is totally safe.
And lots of people were killed with that old wiring system. Bathroom and kitchen electrocutions were way to common. Table radios were a death trap.I don't have any safety ground concerns; in my 1926 house, they didn't use separate ground wires back then, thus no problem.
Well, yeah, doing things like using an electric hair dryer while taking a bath are not life affirming. Neither is playing on the freeway or on railroad tracks. People went out of their way to warn me about doing stupid stuff like that.And lots of people were killed with that old wiring system. Bathroom and kitchen electrocutions were way to common. Table radios were a death trap.
Yet in 1926 and 1952 many more people were electrocuted at home than were killed on railroad tracks. Electricity was an invisible killer and many products and electrical systems were of unsafe designs.Well, yeah, doing things like using an electric hair dryer while taking a bath are not life affirming. Neither is playing on the freeway or on railroad tracks. People went out of their way to warn me about doing stupid stuff like that.
Your quote may be true, however, references would be in order.Yet in 1926 and 1952 many more people were electrocuted at home than were killed on railroad tracks. Electricity was an invisible killer and many products and electrical systems were of unsafe designs.
Fell free to post them. I don't think that anyone else is that interested.Your quote may be true, however, references would be in order.
I don't think you understand. You made a specific statement about deaths by electrocution. It is not my responsibility to prove your statements or disprove. You must have researched the subject before posting - right?Fell free to post them. I don't think that anyone else is that interested.
The ratios of electrocution to railroad track deaths in 1926 and 1952 are independent of the merits (or lack thereof) of the preamp in question.I don't think you understand. You made a specific statement about deaths by electrocution. It is not my responsibility to prove your statements or disprove. You must have researched the subject before posting - right?
Lordy, yes. Those capacitors have a name. They have become known as "death capacitors". Especially in tube guitar amp circles where vintage amplifiers are not consigned to the trash but are prized possessions. They are call this because they have a habit of failing. And when the fail they short out, with a 50/50 chance of bringing the chassis to live. Many of the stories you hear of guitarists being electrocuted on stage are, at their root, a failed death capacitor.Because it had a .1 uf capacitor from one of the power wires to chassis it made a shocking difference if plugged in the wrong way.