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Polarised cord only works if your house sockets are wired correctly which is not necessarily the case and your earth bond might not be as good as you think it i

Polarised cord only works if your house sockets are wired correctly which is not necessarily the case and your earth bond might not be as good as you think it is. Always assume that the lowest competence is applied when it comes to safety evaluation. At this point I wouldn’t run one of these things at all. If you drop dead you have no idea if some relative is going to plug it in and kill themselves with it. They were designed to a cost target when safety wasn’t a business concern. Steal the tubes and variable caps out and dispose of the rest. At best, stick it in a museum, preferably of dangerous things that should never be plugged in. There’s plenty of tube kit out there you can buy which isn’t even remotely this dangerous.

RjQoLCOSwiIKfpm 4y ago
Please do not willy-nilly dispose of beautiful pieces of interior design which likely won't ever be produced again with similar aesthetics. [1] People constantly throwing away cultural heritage without any second thoughts is the reason why we barely have any left from only even more than 100 or 200 years ago - thousands of years of furniture, decoration, etc. are gone. If you don't want them to be dangerous, make them safe. If thats too complex for you, remove the cable and clearly label the backside with "DANGER! [...]" to explain that this shouldn't be used as is, and ideally put a letter inside which explains the technical details. [1] Yes, I know there are things which are newly produced to "look" old. But they only do to people who aren't into that taste. If you are, all of the modern reproductions look like cheap, insufferable garbage.
- eternityforest 4y ago
  I wonder why faux vintage stuff with modern electronics isn't more realistic and higher quality. It's not like high end woodworking isn't still a thing. At the very least, if the alternative is full disposal, the old ones could be upgraded with modern electronics.
Jeema101 4y ago
Okay but assuming there's no exposed metal parts, is one of these radios with a polarized cord really more dangerous than a regular old two pronged lamp with a polarized cord? If you plug that lamp into an outlet with positive and neutral wired wrong you will have mains voltage on the light bulb threads and socket threads instead of ground, and that's gonna be pretty unsafe for anyone changing the bulb. But lamps are so common, we don't even think about them as safety hazards.

RjQoLCOSwiIKfpm 4y ago

Please do not willy-nilly dispose of beautiful pieces of interior design which likely won't ever be produced again with similar aesthetics. [1] People constantly throwing away cultural heritage without any second thoughts is the reason why we barely have any left from only even more than 100 or 200 years ago - thousands of years of furniture, decoration, etc. are gone. If you don't want them to be dangerous, make them safe. If thats too complex for you, remove the cable and clearly label the backside with "DANGER! [...]" to explain that this shouldn't be used as is, and ideally put a letter inside which explains the technical details. [1] Yes, I know there are things which are newly produced to "look" old. But they only do to people who aren't into that taste. If you are, all of the modern reproductions look like cheap, insufferable garbage.

eternityforest 4y ago
I wonder why faux vintage stuff with modern electronics isn't more realistic and higher quality. It's not like high end woodworking isn't still a thing. At the very least, if the alternative is full disposal, the old ones could be upgraded with modern electronics.

Jeema101 4y ago

Okay but assuming there's no exposed metal parts, is one of these radios with a polarized cord really more dangerous than a regular old two pronged lamp with a polarized cord? If you plug that lamp into an outlet with positive and neutral wired wrong you will have mains voltage on the light bulb threads and socket threads instead of ground, and that's gonna be pretty unsafe for anyone changing the bulb. But lamps are so common, we don't even think about them as safety hazards.