09-25-2013, 06:14 PM
You gave me pause for thought and I went back and cut the xformer loose and started checking. the xformer is on my bench with the end caps off and what I found is the lead marked shield is shorted in varying degrees to the center tap 200ohms as well as the HV Plate leads 24ohms. This is probably why on the bench it tested fine as it was isolated, but when installed it grounded it to the chassis. Can I run it with the shield cut out? Or just order a new one?