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Old 02-05-2010, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm View Post
It's called Ferroresonance - the cap is there to help regulate the output voltage over wide voltage swings. Rather than regulate each supply in the CCII, Zenith chose to regulate upstream at the transformer.

Ferroresonant transformers are more common in industrial power supplies.

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