[Boatanchors] HQ-150 Line Bypass Caps Needed

[Al Parker]

Hi Bill,
	Get X1/Y2 line "safety" bypass caps from Mouser, or elsewhere.
	I copy the following from Roy Morgan's "diatribe" re: installation of them:
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"RF Bypass caps should be installed as follows:

One from Line to Neutral, after the fuse.
One from neutral to chassis.

Do not install one from line to chassis and neutral to chassis as was 
normally done years ago.  This causes a danger of fire should the line 
to chassis cap short but not draw enough current to blow the circuit 
breaker, and this arrangement also causes the chassis to be at half the 
line voltage if the safety ground is not present (such as in a two-wire 
outlet used with an adapter, or in an outlet improperly wired or faulty.)

There are currently available "Safety" capacitors meant for line bypass
applications. You can tell them from normal caps in the catalogs because 
they cost about 5 times as much as normal caps.  If you take apart 
computer power supplies or junk TV sets, you will wind up with one or 
two from each unit."
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73,
Al, W8UT
www.boatanchors.org
www.hammarlund.info

"There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much
worth doing as simply messing about in boats"
Ratty, to Mole

On 8/21/2010 6:57 PM, Bill Stewart wrote:
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> Good afternoon all,
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> The 120 vac line bypass caps in my HQ-150 made the ultimate sacrifice and saved the rx from more damage due to a lightning surge on the power line. None in the junk box. Does anyone have a couple they could spare...good orig parts (.01mf, Cer. disc, C53&  C54...not sure of the voltage rating) or modern day replacements..probably the best choice.. would be fine. And of course, parts cost and postage would be forthcoming.
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> Many thanks, Bill K4JYS