Peter ****** is the World's Biggest IDIOT wrote:
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Wrong again.

** Fraid I am dead right again.

Read the schematic. The caps do cross from hot to neutral.

** No they ****ing don't.
Each goes *direct* to chassis ground.

That they are *also* grounded does not change the issue.

** It totally changes the issue of how the cap is connected - ****head.

What happens when/if the ground fails?

** The gene has no safety ground - just a chassis.
That is why I told the OP to fit a 3 wire cord.

Oh, both X and Y capacitors have existed in common use since very roughly 1926,

** Modern X and Y class caps are are different animals.

For decades, Yanks used ordinary DC rated caps for the job in audio gear like guitar amps - now called "death caps".

****ing stupid idea.



...... Phil