[Hallicrafters] Power line capacitors

[Deane McIntyre]

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On 22-Nov-09, at 11:59 AM, Waldo Magnuson wrote:

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> What (and why) capacitors should be used on the a-c line voltage  
> input?  I see X1, X2, Y1 and Y2 suppression ac-capacitors listed in  
> the catalogs.  I have always just used "orange drop" caps but maybe  
> I should be using something else.  Comments?
> 73,  Skip  W7WGM

For a good discussion of this topic see

<http://www.justradios.com/safetytips.html>

73,

Deane McIntyre VE6BPO