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It's shown on one AC line just before the line connects to one of the leads of the primary winding of the transformer.
Any ideas?
The plug is an old style two blade non polarized plug. The user has a 50/50 chance of the chassis being hot 120V to a grounded object when plugged in to an outlet.
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Topic - What's the purpose of the capacitor on the AC mains line to chassis for? - jea48 11:37:50 10/27/16 (20)
- 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)
- That's the, aptly named, death cap. Nt - viridian 20:46:17 10/28/16 (10)
- RE: That's the, aptly named, death cap. Nt - JURB 11:21:45 10/29/16 (9)
- RE: That's the, aptly named, death cap. Nt - jea48 21:21:35 10/29/16 (7)
- RE: That's the, aptly named, death cap. Nt - John Elison 06:11:59 10/30/16 (6)
- RE: That's the, aptly named, death cap. Nt - jea48 08:24:24 10/30/16 (5)
- RE: That's the, aptly named, death cap. Nt - John Elison 10:41:54 10/30/16 (4)
- RE: That's the, aptly named, death cap. Nt - Dave_K 05:19:03 11/01/16 (0)
- RE: That's the, aptly named, death cap. Nt - jea48 11:26:39 10/30/16 (2)
- RE: That's the, aptly named, death cap. Nt - John Elison 11:54:15 10/30/16 (1)
- RE: That's the, aptly named, death cap. Nt - jea48 15:57:12 10/30/16 (0)
- RE: That's the, aptly named, death cap. Nt - John Elison 15:27:57 10/29/16 (0)
- I just rewire and remove the cap - FenderLover 22:02:55 10/27/16 (0)
- The chassis won't be hot. - Ralph 13:45:04 10/27/16 (0)
- Here is one shown ahead of the fuse. - jea48 11:40:57 10/27/16 (3)
- "Ground Switch" - G Squared 13:55:33 10/27/16 (2)
- RE: "Ground Switch" - Blackdog 20:22:57 10/27/16 (1)
- RE: "Ground Switch" - jea48 08:19:40 10/28/16 (0)