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In article <36147@netnews.upenn.edu>, krikori@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Raffi Krikorian ) writes:
> 	Does anyone know of a case(s) where someone was injured while using
> a vacuum tube amplifier?


     Well, I was almost seriously burned because of a tube radio.
When I was a kid, I had a real old GE radio on a table next to my bed.
It wasn't in a cabinet anymore, just the chassis with all of the tubes
exposed.
     I used to sit up late some nights tuning around on the AM band listening
for stations in other states. Well, anyway, one night I fell asleep with
the radio on and sometime during the night my pillow fell on top of it.
I woke up to the sound of my dog barking and my foam rubber pillow blazing
away next me. Luckily I didn't get burned and I was able to toss the
pillow out the window. Close call.
     This incident definitely made me a believer in solid state electronics.

                                             Tom