[ARC5] Hallicrafters S-38 is dangerous

[hwhall at compuserve.com]

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Those old wax/paper caps are electrically leaky and couple the "hot chassis" B- buss to
the metal cabinet. If it shorts, the cabinet could have the full mains
potential. Bad things can happen...
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I'm getting confused maybe. Are y'all using 'chassis' and 'cabinet' words the same? IIRC from when I safed my S-38E, one side of the line cord via the on-off switch connected to the B- buss & the buss was cap (& resistor in parallel) coupled to the chassis but the chassis was insulated from the cabinet by non conductive fittings so that the metal cabinet was floating.

 

Wayne
WB4OGM