[ARC5] Hallicrafters S-38 is dangerous

[Mark K3MSB]

>>No wonder they are not around anymore.

Still waiting to see how this issue caused the demise of the Hallicrafters
company.

Mark K3MSB
On Nov 17, 2015 4:34 AM, <hwhall at compuserve.com> wrote:

> >
> 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...
> >
>
> 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
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