Jim,
As the result of such incidents, UL developed across line capacitor
program to test
capacitors for such applications.
That program is under UL's component recognition system.
Across the line capacitors are tested and recognized for such
application and for
no other applications. such as RF.
73 Lou KE1F.
On 2/5/2015 4:52 PM, James Wolf wrote:
When I was fixing TV's in my high school days, RCA used a ceramic capacitor
across the AC line just inside the chassis. Caused all kind of fires.
They tried their best to replace them all.
Jim - KR9U
At only 29 cents each, its time for me to methodically remove all of
my
.01 uF 2 kV ceramic bypass capacitors from the line inputs to most
of my home brew electronic devices and replace them with safety capacitors.
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