12-27-2024, 10:38 AM
No, you do not need a safety cap.
You need a high-voltage cap, 1200-1600V, but even that is mostly due to the fact that if a speaker is pluggable (not hardwired), unplugging it could create a flashover on the transformer (high voltage at the primary).
In the normal operating mode the voltage there is B+ and 500V rating is quite enough.
I do not even use high voltage caps as I do not unplug speakers while in operation.
You need a high-voltage cap, 1200-1600V, but even that is mostly due to the fact that if a speaker is pluggable (not hardwired), unplugging it could create a flashover on the transformer (high voltage at the primary).
In the normal operating mode the voltage there is B+ and 500V rating is quite enough.
I do not even use high voltage caps as I do not unplug speakers while in operation.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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