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Originally Posted by zmix  The "Ground " switch on a guitar amp switches a very small value capacitor ( connected at one side to the chassis ) between the "hot" and "neutral" leads of the A.C. line. There is usually a center-off position which disconnects the capacitor entirely.
When replacing a two-wire A.C. cable with a three wire, the green (earth) conductor is always connected to the chassis. | Thanks Zmix,
I agree with you and Mike about the green going to chassis. Thanks for the info on the cap. So the cap should switch between hot and neutral to ground.
I'm just trying to learn a little about vintage equipment, and how to correct their ancient power scheme.
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Last edited by A27Hull; 9th July 2008 at 11:38 PM..
Reason: misundestood Zmix.
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