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07-16-2006, 10:08 PM
The voltage specs are for a PRIMARY input voltage of 115 volt, so use your variac to crank down the A/C line voltage when measuring the secondaries. Pulling the rectifier effectively "disconnects" the HV secondary from the rest of the set. With todays hi-z meters, and even with 115 volts on the primary, you will read higher than the spec voltage, due to no loading.

Souns like you have shorted filter caps, or a short on the B+ line or a ruined transformer that got that way due to the set running with the bad caps too long before you re-capped it.
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philco 42-350 - by philco fan - 07-16-2006, 02:17 PM
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