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Title: purple wire Antek PT
Post by: joesatch on July 01, 2022, 07:15:10 pm

Anyone know where i should be connecting this purple wire?

Title: Re: purple wire Antek PT
Post by: joesatch on July 01, 2022, 07:19:41 pm

ok the interwebs says "Purple is "electrostatic" screen. It is a copper shield that capacitively shorts high frequency noise from the primary side of the winding to ground, as opposed to letting the high frequency noise couple from primary to secondary. So, yes! Connect Purple to ground."

Title: Re: purple wire Antek PT
Post by: ok_state_blues on July 01, 2022, 07:39:56 pm

That's where I attach mine when using donuts!