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Originally Posted by Jonathan
Well, I plugged it in and I got smoke from the power transformer. I had my meter attached to the B+ and +275V points. B+ was about 380V, the +275V point off the bleeder resistor was about 340V. I don't leave it on long enough for anything to come out of the speaker. Right now I'm stumped because nothing gets hot, nothing else burns expect for the transformer. The voltages seem right. Other than a bad transformer, what else could be wrong?
Thanks.
Jonathan
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It does sound like it's toast, but if you have nothing to lose, disconnect all the wires, yes unsolder them all completely, then hook power to it. A dim bulb tester would be a good idea.
There have been cases where people thought a power transformer was shot, only to find out there was leakage through the rectifier tube socket or something. Remember that one of the filament windings is probably grounded. There have also been things like shorted dial light sockets...
Finding out it's ok would be a nice surprise. As Chad suggested in some other thread, even if it's bad you still might fix it by taking the end bells off, and re -insulating the leads inside with heatshrink tubing.
Good luck,
John