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Dual Turntables Super-Restorer
My Scott amplifier [and those before it], Dual 'table, and Pioneer tuner have been living in a short 'n narrow shelving unit that had been left by the home's previous owner. He had a fax machine in it. Black Formica over flakecrap [I have been toying around with the idea of a glass/chrome shelving unit].
Turntable on top.
Tuner under amplifier in middle.
A few records and a multi-meter on bottom.
Unit had been to the left of the T.V. table and between the speakers, but in an effort to rearrange the room, and not make it the center of attention in a long and narrow living room, it has wound up across the room, next to the listening couch, and close to the curtains. The amplifier is in the open shelf unit, certainly not touching window curtains, but the fire-starting thing did come across my mind. The amplifier just got a softer [less dried-out] power cord from a Scott parts tuner, and when I opened the Scott to install this thing, I was amazed that where the wire is soldered to the lugs of the always-on accessory socket, the lugs were the thickness of paper away from the chassis. Guess what, this outlet is not fused. Hardly 21st Century UL. approved. I might re-open the thing and simply eliminate the connections to this point, even though the outlet has nothing more than the Dual connected to it.
So, has anyone ever had an actual issue with this stuff? I remember an owner of a Dynaco SCA80Q transistor amp almost lost his home to fire. The amp had caught on flire, and the guy, who I believe lives in Africa, has a thatched roof of all things. He was a member of either AK or A.A., [that other group]. I had the same Dynaco, and it had done the same thing [power supply distribution board]. That was a terrible amp.
Turntable on top.
Tuner under amplifier in middle.
A few records and a multi-meter on bottom.
Unit had been to the left of the T.V. table and between the speakers, but in an effort to rearrange the room, and not make it the center of attention in a long and narrow living room, it has wound up across the room, next to the listening couch, and close to the curtains. The amplifier is in the open shelf unit, certainly not touching window curtains, but the fire-starting thing did come across my mind. The amplifier just got a softer [less dried-out] power cord from a Scott parts tuner, and when I opened the Scott to install this thing, I was amazed that where the wire is soldered to the lugs of the always-on accessory socket, the lugs were the thickness of paper away from the chassis. Guess what, this outlet is not fused. Hardly 21st Century UL. approved. I might re-open the thing and simply eliminate the connections to this point, even though the outlet has nothing more than the Dual connected to it.
So, has anyone ever had an actual issue with this stuff? I remember an owner of a Dynaco SCA80Q transistor amp almost lost his home to fire. The amp had caught on flire, and the guy, who I believe lives in Africa, has a thatched roof of all things. He was a member of either AK or A.A., [that other group]. I had the same Dynaco, and it had done the same thing [power supply distribution board]. That was a terrible amp.
