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A Hot Note
1
recently
read
in
Variety that a musician
was
killed as a result of electrocution
while
playing
an electric guitar.
How
can this
happen?
-H. H.,
Van Nuys,
Calif.
He must have been
in
a
bathtub
or
standing
on a
wet floor when it happened. Alvino
Rey
and others
have been playing electric guitars for
years
with no ill
effects.
The danger of electric
shock can be great under
some
conditions.
For
example,
a
skindiver,
who was
testing
an under-
water
TV camera in Al Ogilvié s swimming
pool
in
California
would
have been electrocuted
when
he took the camera into the pool
if it
hadn't been noted that the camera
was
"hot"
to
the touch
when
the camera
was handled at pool
-
side.
Grounding
the
shield of
the camera cable
saved the skin
diver's
life. The camera
was
"hot"
because
of
the line -filter capacitors
in its power
supply
which put
the case
about 60
volts
above
ground potential. The
same
hazard exists
with
TV sets
and
hi -fi
devices.
Moral: Don't touch
any appliance
connected
to
the AC line
when
bathing.
Crystal vs.
Mechanical
Would you please
tell
me
how to
connect a
mechanical
filter
to my communications re-
ceiver
(diagram
enclosed)?
-J. B., Topeka, Kansas
Your set
already
has
an adjustable
crystal
filter whose bandpass or selectivity can
be
varied. You don't need a
mechanical
filter.
Receiver
design engineers are
still arguing
which
is better, a crystal filter
or a mechanical
filter. They're
both good. If
I were
you,
I'd
keep what you
have.
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"I wasn't calling you! I
was telling
my
kids to
'come
on in,
quick'!"
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