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In Reply to: RE: Safety first when playing around with AC power. posted by rick_m on June 23, 2012 at 11:44:53
The main thing about X and Y capacitors besides they are designed to withstand voltage spikes is they must fail without being a fire hazard.
If you are okay with what you have, enjoy.
Personally I will not risk my home and my family's life for some tweak.
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"Personally I will not risk my home and my family's life for some tweak."
Thanks for the thought, I agree which is why I'm considering changing them on GP's. Actually I don't even know if the filtering is doing anything beneficial where I'm using it so it may be a mute point.
I'm confident that they aren't a significant fire hazard for the reasons I stated but if they blow it would probably be a stinky mess. I just built the thing as an experiment over 30 years ago and it didn't do much good sonically so I just threw it in the junk box. But when I moved here I needed a short extension cord and it was in the stereo box so...
I appreciate for your concern and will revisit it.
Rick
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