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that was so odd, the B+ was coming up but not like it should. So I check the B+ at the cathode of each doubler diode, hmmm the one on the ground side was neg voltage compared to ground, thats not right. I had replaced the top hat with out even looking at the printing, duh the cathode was reversed from the other top hat. Geezz I never thought they were different (top hats), but this one was. so I reversed the new one and bingo all good. But very odd looking seeing those two diode connect back to back that way. This is why I like the variac, you can catch odd stuff at 10vac line that would blow a cap if you just plugged it in at full line voltage.
anyway letting it reform some watching current and voltage and temps of the caps.
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