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Philco 42-380 safety cap
#20

I like moving the line capacitors (electrically at least) to the radio side of the power switch. Whether they are "safety" capacitors or not I don't think that it's wise leaving any component with full line voltage across it any time while the set is plugged in. Zenith was doing this right into the 1960s, it is a practice that was never allowed by the electrical code in Canada along with hot chassis AC/DC sets.
Regards
Arran


Messages In This Thread
Philco 42-380 safety cap - by gennet2 - 06-14-2011, 07:53 PM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by Steve Davis - 06-14-2011, 09:17 PM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by gennet2 - 06-15-2011, 05:05 AM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by gennet2 - 06-15-2011, 05:17 AM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by exray - 06-15-2011, 04:34 PM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by gennet2 - 06-16-2011, 05:07 AM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by Ron Ramirez - 06-16-2011, 05:19 AM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by exray - 06-16-2011, 08:51 AM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by gennet2 - 06-16-2011, 02:09 PM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by codefox1 - 06-16-2011, 03:04 PM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by gennet2 - 06-17-2011, 05:06 AM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by Steve Davis - 06-17-2011, 05:30 PM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by exray - 06-17-2011, 06:10 PM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by Steve Davis - 06-17-2011, 06:28 PM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by Marsupial - 06-17-2011, 07:18 PM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by codefox1 - 06-17-2011, 09:25 PM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by gennet2 - 06-18-2011, 02:36 PM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by codefox1 - 06-18-2011, 10:54 PM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by Marsupial - 06-19-2011, 06:53 AM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by Arran - 06-20-2011, 05:12 PM
Re: Philco 42-380 safety cap - by Marsupial - 06-21-2011, 07:58 AM



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