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42-327 heater circuit confusion
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OK, so with the 80 Ohm missing there should be other things too, like yje pilot lamp circuit, the 35Z5 connection.
Just trace it.

Now, the power to the heaters: I am not sure if this means "the heaters do not light up" or something else.
If the forme, keep in mind, that ANY filament being bad (open; it is almost bever short; filaments burn and open. Like ina lightbulb) will result in exactly this: no filaments light up.

1. Take out the tube, check EVERY filament for continuity. If you got no tube tester, use a multimeter. It is usually in tens of Ohms for 7-volt tubes. But there should be a reasonable (a few hunderd Ohm for a 50V tube to tens for 6-7V one) resistance.
2. Check your wiring. It is a daisy-chain.
3. I all is OK, clean (sandpaper, scalpel) your pins. Loctal are known for bad, bad oxidation.
4. Might as well clean the sockets. Be gentle. Careful application of Deoxit D5 (or a good contact cleaner) helps. Don't just spray it around, target to pins. or even put some in a small aluminum cup, use a sharp toothpick to dip in it and then push into pins' sockets.
Let dry before re-powering.

PS. It is a "warm" chassis set. Power it from an isolation transformer. Do not connect grounded devices to it (like a scope) unless the set is plugged through such a transformer.

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Messages In This Thread
42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-21-2026, 12:31 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by morzh - 01-21-2026, 05:31 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-21-2026, 06:53 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-21-2026, 07:09 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by Arran - 01-21-2026, 10:50 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by morzh - 01-21-2026, 11:16 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by Arran - 01-22-2026, 01:25 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-22-2026, 07:02 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by MrFixr55 - 01-22-2026, 07:10 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by morzh - 01-22-2026, 10:00 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-22-2026, 10:34 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by morzh - 01-22-2026, 10:40 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by MrFixr55 - 01-22-2026, 11:19 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by Arran - 01-23-2026, 01:40 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by MrFixr55 - 01-23-2026, 07:41 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-23-2026, 06:25 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by RodB - 01-23-2026, 09:00 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-23-2026, 09:46 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by morzh - 01-23-2026, 10:07 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-23-2026, 10:34 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by Arran - 01-23-2026, 10:56 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by morzh - 01-23-2026, 11:27 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by MrFixr55 - 01-23-2026, 11:58 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by morzh - 01-24-2026, 02:39 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-26-2026, 06:09 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by MrFixr55 - 01-26-2026, 10:45 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-26-2026, 12:50 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by MrFixr55 - 01-26-2026, 03:01 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-26-2026, 03:24 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-26-2026, 04:28 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-27-2026, 08:52 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by morzh - 01-27-2026, 10:08 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-27-2026, 11:05 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by morzh - 01-27-2026, 11:19 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-27-2026, 11:30 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 01-31-2026, 01:54 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 02-04-2026, 05:32 PM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by MrFixr55 - 02-05-2026, 08:46 AM
RE: 42-327 heater circuit confusion - by SlidesK - 02-05-2026, 10:47 AM



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