RCA 630TS maiden voyage -- sploosh!

[Phil Nelson]

Finally replaced the last cap in my RCA 630TS and powered it up. All good/new tubes, including CRT. Rewarded with a faint ghostly blur on the CRT which I could somewhat move around by fiddling with the ion trap and focus coil.

No sound, or any semblance of picture. Then . . . nasty spitting noise from the HV area, followed by instant power-off.

Rats!

Ideas? I'm taking a break until tomorrow, but would appreciate any tips about known weak points in this set.