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Just Another Theremin Fan
 
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Default Electric Shock ?


wrote:
It's normal for most equipment with switching power supplies to have
some relatively studly capacitors across the AC line, center tap to
chassis.


Not in the UK it's not! All equipment fitted with 2 pin plugs must be
double insulated
for exactly this reason. One leaky cap' could make any metal lethal.