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Originally Posted by holmesuser01
I pulled the spare 5U4 that I had installed, and using my variac, applied about 5 volts to the transformer. Instantly, my amp meter on the variac jumped to 2A. Not good. I looked around the chassis for obvious shorts, found nothing. In the 2 minutes that the variac was turned on with the chassis, the power tranny got very warm to the touch. I can smell it, too. I stopped testing. Im afraid I need a transformer.
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OUCH!
Have you tried disconnecting all of the secondary leads from the power transformer? Long shot... the 6.3 V heater voltage could be shorted to ground somewhere, or the 5U4 socket could be charred from arcing. I sadly agree, however that the transformer is likely fried.
jr