Yep, OK Thomas.... sorry, I hadn't read the web site yet, but it looks like you took the words right out of my mouth - and better said too....
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From just reading the thread it looked like safety was getting a bit loosy-goosey and I thought I'd throw in my two cents, but what you have posted on the web site is great......
brucek
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(11) low mfd, high voltage non-polarized film caps. The value of these caps isn't critical, but they should be relatively small (less than 1 mfd, bigger in this case isn't better). The cap's power handling however should be adequate to the task (600V min). On hand I had some .22 mfd 1200V GE caps purchased at Madisound. One cap is used as a differential noise blocking cap for each AC outlet used. Note; the industry 'standard' is to use what are called X2 caps on AC outlets. If one uses the non-X2 caps; and if the unit passes a high voltage transient the caps will fuse (short), and need to be replaced. Unlike X2 caps these regular caps aren't 'self-clearing'.
brucek
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