04-20-2026, 05:20 PM
Bakelite question -
So after digging out the internal caps etc. and reusing the bakelite (now three isolated terminals), the one terminal I thought was attached to ground via a bolt is no longer ground (not sure if when I took everything out inside, I lost a connection from the one terminal to the ground connection. This happened to anyone else?)
Regardless, before I realized this had happened, I used that terminal as a ground when reconnecting everything and after taking a measurement from it to the chassis, its open. So I guess I'll wire this terminal now to the chassis where everything else is grounded. Just wanting to make sure I'm not missing something obvious (or doing something stupid... or both for that matter)
So after digging out the internal caps etc. and reusing the bakelite (now three isolated terminals), the one terminal I thought was attached to ground via a bolt is no longer ground (not sure if when I took everything out inside, I lost a connection from the one terminal to the ground connection. This happened to anyone else?)
Regardless, before I realized this had happened, I used that terminal as a ground when reconnecting everything and after taking a measurement from it to the chassis, its open. So I guess I'll wire this terminal now to the chassis where everything else is grounded. Just wanting to make sure I'm not missing something obvious (or doing something stupid... or both for that matter)




