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Dangerous even without the capacitor

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In Reply to: RE: Curious antenna connection on Lafayette LT-D10 posted by Eli Duttman on May 7, 2019 at 10:21:59:

These old units can leak a considerable amount of current (in terms of human safety) from the power transformer to the chassis. That was mostly OK back in the day, but mixing this with newer gear that's grounded (3-wire power cord) invites catastrophe. It's all too easy to find yourself in-between the hot chassis of an older piece and the grounded chassis of modern gear. The ONLY safe solution is to add a 3-wire power cord to older gear, so that all the various chassis within the system are at the same potential. I would also recommend replacing the antenna coupling capacitor with a gimmick capacitor (many older tuners used this approach) or moving it to the secondary of the power transformer.

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Topic - Curious antenna connection on Lafayette LT-D10 - 1973shovel 09:09:22 05/07/19 (10)

Quite common actually - Awe-d-o-file 14:23:19 05/09/19 (3)

You can put away your red pen - 1973shovel 08:22:02 05/10/19 (2)

RE: You can put away your red pen - Awe-d-o-file 12:41:30 05/11/19 (0)

RE: You can put away your red pen - Awe-d-o-file 08:46:13 05/10/19 (0)

RE: Curious antenna connection on Lafayette LT-D10 - Eli Duttman 10:21:59 05/07/19 (5)

Dangerous even without the capacitor - Triode_Kingdom 17:26:06 05/12/19 (0)

"That thing is DANGEROUS" - 1973shovel 07:50:00 05/08/19 (3)

Not to worry...mostly.... - Steve O 09:46:15 05/08/19 (2)

RE: Not to worry...mostly.... - Awe-d-o-file 14:30:29 05/09/19 (0)

Thanks Steve - 1973shovel 10:49:00 05/09/19 (0)

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Dangerous even without the capacitor - Triode_Kingdom 17:26:06 05/12/19 (0)

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