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Default Using a capacitor as a "wattless" dropper on 110 volt equipment?

In article l.net,
Dave Liquorice scribeth thus
On Thu, 9 May 2019 21:31:39 +0100, tony sayer wrote:

Unit has turned up and as expected its 110 volt AC operation ...


Late to the party, you have checked that the primary isn't two 110 V
windings in parallel haven't you? US mains is 110 V bi-phase and
neutral, most stuff is connected phase - neutral (110 V) but big
loads like washing machines at phase to phase (220 V). To be honest
I'd be suprised if it does have two primary windings but you never
know.


Its not Dave its just the one primary winding. It won't however be used
that much and for that long it just got to twiddle a large FM aerial
around.

Vid here by a yank "elmer ham;!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0m-Hd0zjc
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