Grounding cap on a three prong AC cord?

[Enzo]

My favorite story was the night my guitarist brought his guitar up near his mic and when the high E string touched the mic front, it sparked and burned in half.

"Hey, Enzo, do you have another E string?"

[bsco]

Another that always makes me laugh: It's an old 2 wire system. They put in a shiny new metal box with grounded outlets, use the existing 2 wire romex, and run a little ground wire from outlet to box which goes to nothing.

Whenever I had a gig I would test the outlets with a tester to tell me if any of the wiring was wrong.....I came across more that were wrong than right...I would check every outlet until I could find one fit to use and use that one....I would also take the owner/manager around and show them the issues.....the normal response....we had this bar/club, or whatever rewired just a few months ago...or last year......etc....etc......meanwhile, if the truth was really known, it was never rewired or had some wanna be electrician wire it up.......one thing is for sure...the completed work was never inspected because no permit was taken out.....

[Leo_Gnardo]

Oh hell yes that happens. Just a hum through the monitors while I stood momentarily frozen to the mic via my lips. Then My knees hit the stage and my guitar was just open strings blaring. I earned the moniker "Sizzlin' Chuck" that night. I never mentioned to anyone afterward that it wasn't for my playing.

Chuck's back, yaaay!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

At least they didn't call you Hot Lips.

[DrGonz78]

In vintage stuff, remove when doing 3 prong conversion.
As far as why they are needed with 3 prong, some modern amps use them (proper x or y types). 5150 for example. Some examples on polarity switches, some not. I wouldn't go removing those while some may call them 'death caps'.

As far as the X or Y position caps, from what I have gathered is the benefit to their design is that they fail open. I once was a noob on such matters and I owe so much of my learning to you guys here, thanks!

Oh yeah... welcome back Chuck!

[drewl]

Funny stories guys!

Been there too in the old days.
Also why I use a wireless too!

[Chuck H]

Chuck's back, yaaay!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

At least they didn't call you Hot Lips.

I'm actually not. In fact the work here in California is running longer than expected. But I do have occasional access to a tablet (that I'm using now). My presence will stil be spotty for awhile and I don't have my bench or files. So I might be limited in my ability to contribute anything useful. I can't help but check in though. Nice to be missed.

[Leo_Gnardo]

My presence will stil be spotty for awhile.

That's to be expected, for a potato.

Check in when you can, good to hear from ya! Stay outta trouble. And deep fryers.