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Old July 6th, 2009, 07:01 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by fezz parka View Post
Poor solder joints would be a wiring problem, Johnny.


True :)

I only meant something was likely not mis-wired.



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Originally Posted by JCMNelson View Post
BINGO!!

A wire on V2 (pin 2) had come loose, and on re-attachment everything is back to normal!! Looks like I haven't fried the PT...

On a slightly different point, I took the opportunity to check B+ voltage, and it's 415V! I've got a Sovtek in there, is that the only issue? I've got a Jan Philips 5Y3 on the way, so I'll take a reading as soon as it comes.

Thanks for all the help!


Very cool.

If this happened on one pin, it might be elsewhere too. Check all of your solders again. I had one of my 1st builds work fine until about an hour of playing everytime... turns out my soldering skills sucked bigtime and the heat from the filaments would eventually make the bum solder crack loose.
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