I have heard a ton of people speak how one should never plug in and turn on an older tube powered (and even some soild state) radio components. I think we've all heard the horror stories. I have done this many times and never had a unit blow up scarring me for life, melt down ...ruining the unit, turn bright red catching my bench on fire or emitting a green haze of deadly elecronic haze. :
What's the deal? Have any of you personally seen any old radios explode by simply plugging them in after a long hiatus?
The reason I ask is because at an estate sale today I plug in an old emerson tabletop radio and am sitting there waiting to see if will power up. Immediately a husband and wife team come right over and tell me all these reasons why I shouldn't plug an old radio in. :uzi: To listen to them one would think we were all in imminent danger just being within a 100' radius of this now ready to detonate, plugged in radio-explosive. :uzi:
What's the deal? Have any of you personally seen any old radios explode by simply plugging them in after a long hiatus?
The reason I ask is because at an estate sale today I plug in an old emerson tabletop radio and am sitting there waiting to see if will power up. Immediately a husband and wife team come right over and tell me all these reasons why I shouldn't plug an old radio in. :uzi: To listen to them one would think we were all in imminent danger just being within a 100' radius of this now ready to detonate, plugged in radio-explosive. :uzi: