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Philco 38-3 Grounding/antenna issue
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10-28-2023, 12:06 PM
The 'safety caps' referred to are inside a bakelite case (part 69) and are connected one to each incoming AC leg and connected together to chassis ground. They should be replaced with Y caps. These are small disc caps specially designed to fail Open. In your case they are .015 mfd, and should be rated for double the line voltage. Here is some interesting reading on the subject; https://www.vicorpower.com/resource-libr...capacitors
Tutorials are available in this phorum on rebuilding bakelite enclosures. Really simple to do. Hope this helps out.
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RE: Philco 38-3 Grounding/antenna issue - by Chas - 10-28-2023, 10:47 AM
RE: Philco 38-3 Grounding/antenna issue - by GarySP - 10-28-2023, 12:06 PM



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