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Default Radial X2-AC Safety Capacitors (Question)

X & Y caps are designed to reduce the risk of shock in one case, and fire in another. Eschewing needless complexity, let them do their jobs and install a fuse - if desired - to cover then entire appliance, designed specifically for the load involved, starting surge and so forth.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA