protect your amps

skyraider · 8th October 2004, 11:40 AM

Darn I hate kids. Every saturday I have to hide my amp, because these devils just want to poke around with it. I dont mind them getting killed, or burned, but, these stuff costs a lot you know

How do you guys get round with this problem? Im thinking of using barb wire fence....

Fuling · 8th October 2004, 12:11 PM

Build an 813 amp with some 1000V on the top caps, that way the problem might solve itself...

Well, just kidding of course.

Brett · 8th October 2004, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by skyraider
Darn I hate kids. Every saturday I have to hide my amp, because these devils just want to poke around with it. I dont mind them getting killed, or burned, but, these stuff costs a lot you know
How do you guys get round with this problem? Im thinking of using barb wire fence....

Build a cage over the tubes similar to what the old amps like the ST70 had.

Quote:

Originally posted by Fuling
Build an 813 amp with some 1000V on the top caps, that way the problem might solve itself...
Well, just kidding of course.

<vbg> I don't have any kids, but my dog is very wary of high voltage devices now. My nephews were easy to teach to stay away from them; if they didn't, they weren't allowed to come back for a while.

SY · 8th October 2004, 01:27 PM

I bought one of those foldable play structures, the plastic ones that can be configured as a playpen or a fence. In the fence configuration, it stretches across the short dimension of my room, segregating off about the last quarter. I secured it to the walls with heavy-duty eye bolts and some rope.

That's where the stereo is, safely out of the reach of my ultra-curious 3 year old.

skyraider · 8th October 2004, 03:56 PM

I was playing with that in mind, just that I dont want to spoil the elegance of my room.

Colt45 · 8th October 2004, 05:47 PM

The only person that burns or shocks themselves on my amps is me.

skyraider · 8th October 2004, 05:52 PM

[QUOTE]The only person that burns or shocks themselves on my amps is me.

who doesnt? hahaha
I almost shocked myself couple of days ago. Now I made it a point to disconect the plug everytime i want to check something

Anybody with a nice cage design?

zix · 8th October 2004, 10:48 PM

How about something like this? Drill some nicely spaced holes in two aluminium - or other metal - plates. Fasten them on top of your chassis with angled alu or something like that, or if you can fold metal, fold the plates so you can fasten them directly on to the chassis. push rods, threaded rods if you like that look, through the holes. If the rods are threaded at the ends, an "end cap" nut (those that are hemisphere-shaped, I don´t know the english word for it) might look good at the end of each rod, holding the plates together. The rods would allow air to pass through while still stopping those cute little fingers from getting burnt.
I imagined a deep, slim monoblock amp shape to put the fence on. That might not be the same as yours, but this quick sketch is just for vizualisation.

Geek · 9th October 2004, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by skyraider
Darn I hate kids. Every saturday I have to hide my amp, because these devils just want to poke around with it. I dont mind them getting killed, or burned, but, these stuff costs a lot you know
How do you guys get round with this problem? Im thinking of using barb wire fence....

Quote:

Originally posted by Fuling
Build an 813 amp with some 1000V on the top caps, that way the problem might solve itself...
Well, just kidding of course.

^^-- I'm with him --^^

Original Burnedfingers · 9th October 2004, 07:02 AM

I am fortunate enough to have cages on my Quicksilvers. I guess if I didn't I would have to resort to clothes line rope and duct tape
when my grandson comes over.

In the garage I just tell him do not cross the line on the cement floor because grandpa has all kinds of things that will give him shocks. So far it has worked.

Joe

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8th October 2004, 12:11 PM	#2
Fuling diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sweden (Mora)	Build an 813 amp with some 1000V on the top caps, that way the problem might solve itself... Well, just kidding of course.

8th October 2004, 03:56 PM	#5
skyraider diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: malaysia	I was playing with that in mind, just that I dont want to spoil the elegance of my room.

8th October 2004, 05:47 PM	#6
Colt45 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada	The only person that burns or shocks themselves on my amps is me.

8th October 2004, 05:52 PM	#7
skyraider diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: malaysia	[QUOTE]The only person that burns or shocks themselves on my amps is me. who doesnt? hahaha I almost shocked myself couple of days ago. Now I made it a point to disconect the plug everytime i want to check something Anybody with a nice cage design?

8th October 2004, 10:48 PM	#8
zix diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sweden	How about something like this? Drill some nicely spaced holes in two aluminium - or other metal - plates. Fasten them on top of your chassis with angled alu or something like that, or if you can fold metal, fold the plates so you can fasten them directly on to the chassis. push rods, threaded rods if you like that look, through the holes. If the rods are threaded at the ends, an "end cap" nut (those that are hemisphere-shaped, I don´t know the english word for it) might look good at the end of each rod, holding the plates together. The rods would allow air to pass through while still stopping those cute little fingers from getting burnt. I imagined a deep, slim monoblock amp shape to put the fence on. That might not be the same as yours, but this quick sketch is just for vizualisation.

9th October 2004, 07:02 AM	#10
Original Burnedfingers diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002	I am fortunate enough to have cages on my Quicksilvers. I guess if I didn't I would have to resort to clothes line rope and duct tape when my grandson comes over. In the garage I just tell him do not cross the line on the cement floor because grandpa has all kinds of things that will give him shocks. So far it has worked. Joe

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