01-04-2020, 01:42 PM
" I've worked on radios that don't have any connection, . . . "
You are wise to note that.
There are different schools of thought about all this. For me, the jury is still out on whether these caps are really needed to shunt interference coming in the a.c. line, in this day and age, ( my 39-6 seems to be playing just fine without it). But the far-more important issue for me is, the wisdom, ( or lack thereof), of manufacturers connecting them before the power switch, instead of behind it.
No radio that leaves my workbench has them connected that way.
You are wise to note that.
There are different schools of thought about all this. For me, the jury is still out on whether these caps are really needed to shunt interference coming in the a.c. line, in this day and age, ( my 39-6 seems to be playing just fine without it). But the far-more important issue for me is, the wisdom, ( or lack thereof), of manufacturers connecting them before the power switch, instead of behind it.
No radio that leaves my workbench has them connected that way.
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