[Hammarlund] HQ-150 Line Bypass Caps Needed

[Roy Morgan]

On Aug 22, 2010, at 6:34 PM, Bill Stewart wrote:

> ... Roy Morgan's info suggested not to use the three cap method..

The advice I've gotten is this:

First, assume that the line bypass caps  you will buy are extremely  
unlikely to fail shorted.

Second, assume that you have at least a polarized two wire line cord,  
and preferably a three wire grounded line cord.

So, put an X cap from line to neutral, and a Y cap from neutral to  
chassis.  This way, if the cap across the line shorts, the fuse or  
circuit breaker will blow.  If the neutral to chassis one shorts (even  
though it operates a a couple of volts max) you may never know about it.

Roy


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