02-08-2018, 12:59 PM
Hi Bill and welcome,
To add to what Ron said if you have the negative side of 44 connect to the chassis it shorts the bias voltages. One of these is the - voltage found on pin 5 of the 6F6. when it's not there this can in turn causes the 6F6 to draw excessive plate current thus lowering the high voltage. This might be the cause of your fading out issue.
Whatever caps you connected backwards throw them out they permanently damaged (shorted) and are useless. Two things electrolytic caps don't like are ac voltage and reverse polarity.
de
N3GTE
To add to what Ron said if you have the negative side of 44 connect to the chassis it shorts the bias voltages. One of these is the - voltage found on pin 5 of the 6F6. when it's not there this can in turn causes the 6F6 to draw excessive plate current thus lowering the high voltage. This might be the cause of your fading out issue.
Whatever caps you connected backwards throw them out they permanently damaged (shorted) and are useless. Two things electrolytic caps don't like are ac voltage and reverse polarity.
de
N3GTE
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