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RE: Two-Wire Cord is Extremely Hazardous

As you noted, not ALL stainless is 'created equal'....though by definition, must start at about 18% Chromium content. Without getting 'exotic', VTA probably commissioned a 300 series alloy. Some other VERY exotic alloys exist, like H1 which SPYDERCO uses to make knives for the marine enviroment which essentially WILL NOT CORRODE.......And they are $$$......

I'm looking at both the DRAWING and the PHOTO of the complete amp and I'm not certain of the clearance between an IEC connector and the transformer. I do NOT know how far 'below' the 'deck' the transformer protrudes nto the lower part of the amp.....The image doesn't have the 'depth' I'd like to confirm and no mechanical drawings are offered.

There IS space if the connecter were mounted on the TOP of the amp, 'prongs down'.......You would not need the 3rd wire unless you measured voltage from chassis to neutral.......You could check this easily using a GFI circuit in-house.

IF you could trace such voltage to the power transformer....IMO the only 'real' possibility, could a shielf of MuMetal fix the issue?

The Fix would take 2 minutes.....TOPS.......
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