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Ditto on a Candohm resistor shorting to the chassis.
OT: I restored a 16" Admiral set, 26R12 and all was well. Reading many threads on the Antique Radio Site, there was much mention about Candohm resistors shorting to the metal casing. Many radios used them.
The set was unused for a while and I wanted to watch a movie. When I turned on the set, I was greeted with quite a light show inside of the 5U4G (Admiral Labeled!) It burned open the filament of the tube rendering it useless of course. Fast forward, the Candohm was in fact shorted internally and shorted the B+ to Ground. I replaced it with a terminal strip and a ceramic resistor.
(Note: this is a picture before I restored the set)
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