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02-06-2012, 05:37 PM
Agree with all, but never bet your life that the recepticle on the wall is wired correctly. Even a 3 prong grounding plug can present a hazard with any transformerless set, but you can usually get rid of the grounding capacitor(s) after connecting the ground wire to the chassis on sets with a floating B-. A safety (fail open) capacitor wired after the switch between the neutral and hot wires of the AC line usually gets rid of noise. I also agree that fuse is great idea, and no matter what, I never touch these chassis when power is applied. Never!
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Advice for a beginner - by winkydink - 01-23-2012, 09:51 AM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by imacdaddy757 - 01-25-2012, 07:42 PM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by dan mauro - 01-26-2012, 11:24 AM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by 37silverstreak - 01-27-2012, 01:21 PM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by imacdaddy757 - 01-28-2012, 06:33 AM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by dan mauro - 01-30-2012, 12:20 PM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by winkydink - 02-01-2012, 09:22 AM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by Dave - 02-01-2012, 07:53 PM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by winkydink - 02-02-2012, 03:15 PM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by imacdaddy757 - 02-02-2012, 07:49 PM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by winkydink - 02-02-2012, 09:17 PM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by winkydink - 02-03-2012, 10:50 AM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by imacdaddy757 - 02-06-2012, 05:10 AM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by Bob Andersen - 02-06-2012, 05:25 PM
Re: Advice for a beginner - by codefox1 - 02-06-2012, 05:37 PM



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