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05-16-2021, 01:21 PM
The rectifier section make me think about the wall wart transformers that are so ubiquitous today. 

Everyone I have taken apart have a common mode choke with a safety cap and a bridge rectifying the line AC and filter cap. 

It's all ready to go for 170vdc. Just don't get zapped.
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