[Amps] Decline of homebrewing?

[Manfred Mornhinweg]

Steve, and all,

> I was nearly killed at age 15.

This seems to be a pretty universal initiation rite for homebrewers. I 
used to be very careful and cautious even when a youngster, but still 
couldn't avoid my own initiation. It happened when at age 16 or 17 
somehow I managed to have a close encounter with the plate circuit of an 
amplifier than ran 2.8kV. It didn't knock me back, instead it made me 
cling to that circuitry with full force. I couldn't let loose, neither 
could I speak or scream or anything. My lil' brother, 6 years younger 
then I was, somehow realized that my strange antics weren't entirely 
normal, ran to the house's electrical panel and threw the main switch.

I think he later regretted that. Big brothers aren't always nice.

Manfred


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