11-24-2021, 12:09 AM
>is there any ballpark values I need to look for?
Don't bother looking for values, just use a variac and see what the output does.
Remove all tubes, especially the rectifier, so there is no load, and simply see what the output high and filament voltages look like. The filament should come to nominal when the voltage is about 115VAC, the high voltage end-to-end (you could simply stick the leads into the two plate contacts in he rectifier tube's socket) should be around 4 or so times the input (500-600V).
As long as this is the case you are OK.
Don't bother looking for values, just use a variac and see what the output does.
Remove all tubes, especially the rectifier, so there is no load, and simply see what the output high and filament voltages look like. The filament should come to nominal when the voltage is about 115VAC, the high voltage end-to-end (you could simply stick the leads into the two plate contacts in he rectifier tube's socket) should be around 4 or so times the input (500-600V).
As long as this is the case you are OK.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
