02-06-2014, 10:51 AM
OK, looked at the sch - it IS the problem as the filament of 84 will connect to other filaments and those are grounded, and the 84 filament shorted to cathode is thus connected to B+, so what we have is creating a short between the GND and B+, hence the smoke.
84 is bad. Replace it.
84 is bad. Replace it.