hi all,
New poster and new amp builder here. I just finished wiring up my TC15 kit, with much great assistance from Stephen along the way and lots of dipping into the forum archives. It's been a blast and a great distraction from accumulating chores.
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Anyway, I'm hoping it's almost there, but it's not quite there yet. The B+ reading and readings for V1, V4, V5, V6, and V7 are all pretty close (+/- 3%) to what's given in the build guide, but V2 and V3 are way off:
V2:
pin 1: -.98
pin 3: 26
pin 6: -.90
pin 8: 25
V3:
pin 1: -.92
pin 3: 0.9
pin 6: -.96
pin 8: 0.5
I'm following Stephen's advice and going back and checking connections, etc., and hope to stumble on something embarrassingly obvious! (If it's more complicated than that, I may not be able to find it OR fix it!) But thought I'd share this info and some pics (below) in the meantime. (Some of the wire colors I chose and the angles of the photos produce strange effects in a few of the pictures, like where it looks as if the impedance switch is wired to a tube socket--at the very least, I know that's not the issue...) Thanks!
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