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Philco 60 "Safety Caps" ?
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Quote:If it is going to short out at all it will likely be while power is across it and that means the set will have to be on. I'm sorry but this whole safety cap arguement is getting old

Agreed, sort of. You will note I did not even use the words "Safety Cap". I think that terminology implies something that does not exist. And I have used a lot of high voltage caps in that application just as you have in the past because I did not even know they existed and I just replaced in kind. My old Elmer did, however, tell me I should up the voltage rating. But for a few cents more, why not go first class since they are now commonly available. If it fails open when you power up, you have not really lost anything but the cap. If a common DC cap fails shorted when you power up and the AC hits it before you put the chassis right side up and in the case, it seems to up the odds of losing an eye. I have not, then, saved even the slight cost difference by using a cheaper cap. I am still going to have to replace it when I get out of the hospital. I would hate to now be penny wise and pound foolish just because it never happened to me in 50+ years of doing otherwise.

Ron Mc/


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Philco 60 "Safety Caps" ? - by lyle - 03-01-2012, 08:35 PM
RE: Philco 60 "Safety Caps" ? - by Bob Andersen - 03-01-2012, 09:48 PM
RE: Philco 60 "Safety Caps" ? - by Arran - 03-02-2012, 01:23 AM
RE: Philco 60 "Safety Caps" ? - by lyle - 03-02-2012, 12:22 PM
RE: Philco 60 "Safety Caps" ? - by TexMac - 03-08-2012, 04:41 AM
RE: Philco 60 "Safety Caps" ? - by Arran - 03-08-2012, 11:46 PM
RE: Philco 60 "Safety Caps" ? - by lyle - 03-01-2012, 10:52 PM
RE: Philco 60 "Safety Caps" ? - by TexMac - 03-09-2012, 02:59 AM



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