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re: prince of deafness: cassette player static

To: sabbott@NMSU.Edu
Subject: re: prince of deafness: cassette player static
From: sjogren@TGV.COM (Sam Sjogren)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 92 18:39:25 PDT
> a cheapo stereo and the noise was really bad, I put a 150,000 uF
> capacitor across it, one of those beasts found in a computer power
> supply.  It is the size of a tall boy beer can.  I strapped it on the

That's a very bad solution, if you don't have a coil between the
battery and it.  The cap is likely to interact with the battery
and alternator/generator in such a fashion as to melt the wiring.
No need to smooth out the voltage in the whole electrical system,
just at the input to the stereo.

-me

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