[Captainclock]

Wow people way to over react to my post! First of all I'm not "new" to this I've been working with vintage and antique electronics since I was in jr high and I'm 27 years old now, so that tells you that I'm not a newbie when it comes to this hobbie, I've successfully fixed everything from Cassette players, Record players, TV sets, VCRs, Stereo Equipment, clocks, tube radios, and even 8-track players, and the reason why I said hot chassis design radios were strictly an American Design was because of the fact that the AA5/6 Designation Stands for ALL AMERICAN FIVE/ ALL AMERICAN SIX which means that the design originated here in America, And in Europe when and if such a hot chassis design ever did exist it would of just been called a "hot chassis" design because for obvious reasons the AA5/AA6 designation would NOT work in Europe, seeing as its not America. And the only reason why I assumed that hot chassis designs didn't exist in European radios was because Most European Radios I've ever seen had power transformers in them where you switched the voltages in them, and I've always been told that all of Europe always was 220/240 volts AC and that 110/120 volts was only used in North America, with Japan being the only other country in the world to use an AC voltage that comes the closest to 110 (100 Volts AC).
So no I'm not misinformed about anything.
And seriously what made everyone and their brother jump the gun as far as commenting on this thread that was previously dead for almost two years just because I had commented on it? I have previously made comments on previously long dead threads before and no one ever jumped the gun to post comments on them before like this.

And really what doesn't make sense to me is why telecolor would be so concerned about whether or not a radio is a hot chassis versus cold chassis design or not, the way I see it if you plan on getting into the tube radio hobby then you're assuming the risks of having to come across or work on hot chassis desingned radios whether you like it or not. As long as you work on it with it unplugged and as long as you operate the unit with with the chassis inside its original cabinet with its original knobs in place there's no risk of getting shocked, but if you're just being an idiot and trying to repair the unit while its plugged it and turned on and or try to use the unit without its chassis in its cabinet and without the knobs attached then obviously you're going to get shocked, I see Telecolor's "concerns" as being rediculous, unfounded, and unnecessary.