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In Reply to: What's the purpose of the capacitor on the AC mains line to chassis for? posted by jea48 on October 27, 2016 at 11:37:50:
It's there to induce audible hum to allow you to polarize the cord properly.
The value is sized to be large enough to induce the hum, but small enough not to hurt you.
Polarized plugs seem like a good idea, but the wiring is not always correct, both on the appliances and/or the house wiring.
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- not to hurt you - djk 15:46:47 11/01/16 (2)
- RE: not to hurt you - jea48 11:23:22 11/02/16 (1)
- RE: not to hurt you - triamp 01:20:11 11/07/16 (0)