Topband: AC line safety capacitors

[donovanf at starpower.net]

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. 

http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Vishay-BC-Components/VY2103M63Y5UG63V7/?qs=JVmJ2sTYqewaZu0bwovnqQ%3D%3D 

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. 

73 
Frank 
W3LPL 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Kenneth Grimm" <grimm at sbc.edu> 
To: "Charlie Cunningham" <charlie-cunningham at nc.rr.com> 
Cc: "topband" <topband at contesting.com>, jim at audiosystemsgroup.com 
Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2015 3:26:00 PM 
Subject: Re: Topband: AC line bypass capacitors 

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 11:37 PM, Charlie Cunningham <charlie- 
<charlie-cunningham at nc.rr.com> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed,2/4/2015 9:52 AM, Roger Graves wrote: 
> > I would like to try bypassing the AC line. 
> 

Jim is right about X1/Y2 caps. Anyone who has restored a lot of 
boatanchors will tell you that you are wasting your time using anything 
else for AC line bypassing. 
See this listing as an example: 
http://www.digikey.com/product-highlights/us/en/vishay-vy-series-ceramic-caps/644 

73, 

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