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I put together the Dim-bulb tester as described on antiqueradio.org. I started with a 40 watt bulb. The bulb glowed fairly bright. I stopped there assuming there was a short. I also tried the test with no tubes as suggested further in the article. When I performed this test the bulb did not light at all. It was stated that a good transformer will cause the bulb to glow after a few moments. I waited until a slow count to 15 did not produce a glow. While the bulb did not glow at all it did get warm. I guess I need to start from the transformer and find out what the output voltage should be and see what I am actually getting.

Matt