[Hallicrafters] Hot SX-101A chassis

[Glen Zook]

Not necessarily!

Most of the older receivers that used the bypass
capacitors to ground from the AC line have around 50
to 60 volts on the chassis.

That is why a good ground is a must.  Or, do like I do
on any rig that I service (unless the owner insists
otherwise), install a 3-wire line cord.  That will
take care of the "problem".

Glen, K9STH


--- Dave Moorman <dmoorman4 at attbi.com> wrote:
> I've discovered that my SX-101A chassis is hot to
> ground - about 50 VAC.
> This is a little excessive.  It looks like the
> likely suspects would be the
> ceramic bypass caps, C91 and C92, or leaky
> transformer primary, or the
> oscillator heater. 
> 
> Has anyone else run across this problem?


=====
Glen, K9STH

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