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Post Subject: Tubes and kidsPosted by JJ Triode on: 8/21/2012
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Putting the Pure Power in the basement might be fine, but I don't think you need to banish the Melqs down there, at least not yet.
You don't know yet if there will be kids, and if so it will still be a couple years before one arrives and becomes mobile. At that time you will need to use a playpen or crib when not actively parenting, as there are plenty of other things in a modern house to keep crawlers and toddlers out of, even without tube amps. By the time the kid is able to escape from all such confinements, (s)he will be able to understand that some things are off limits and pretty much comply with that.
I had tube gear with grill cages when my son was small, later switched to exposed tubes with no problems. Remember kids grew up for millennia with open fireplaces and few ever burned up. They have survival instincts that understand heat very well. Electrical shock is a different matter but that would require pulling out a hot tube which is not so easy.
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