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Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn
OK, so you switched it around. Have you powered up the set with the white wire connected back to pin 2 of the 5U4 since you switched it? If you previously had that white wire going to the negative side of the C1A, & B caps, that alone explains why the set was drawing excessive current, because that point connects to the center tap of the high voltage windings.
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I did try it out with the wires switched and it still arced, but not nearly as bad as it did and the tube wasn't trying to red plate either like it was before I switched the wires.
Basically its doing the same thing it did before I replaced the power supply caps.