Re: Metamec electric clocks. Unsafe?
I have one. (A local product i believe), they're not perhaps up to todays safety standards, but if run through a rcd protected supply and you use a one amp fuse in the plug/spur then they are no worse than any other vintage gear. I can't see how they could be a major fire risk. An insulation test may be an idea if you want to put your mind at rest.
It's in the Australian culture that consumer items should be powered from double wound transformers and have the crap earthed out of them, but then I don't know if they had a bigger prcentage of house fires caused by burning transformers than perhaps Europe or the USA?
I have three core mains flex on mine as it seemed the sensible thing to do.
Regards,
Greg
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