An Intimidating Experience

[Nowhere-Man]

Well back from dinner and Edit has timed out: why is this?

There is a 20 minute window where you can edit posts - after that you can't, but a friendly staff member can help.

It's been that way for as long as I can remember. I believe that initially (back in 2011), there was no time-out, but pretty quickly it was found that occasionally, confusion arose in threads by folk editing earlier posts. The 20 minute window was added by the staff at the time (I was a regular member then), but on balance, I think it was the right decision, and it brings us into line with most other forums.

Aside from that, excellent advice in your replies . I can think of one thing to add - the classic lamp limiter: http://www.vintage-radio.com/projects/lamp-limiter.html

All the best,

Mark

Here you can see where I made the brief start. The brown and blue wires are new but I had some difficulty for a while getting a decent solder joint. It was a touch thicker wire than the original. I had removed part of a Mica cap to get access to the lug and then put it back.

The plan now is not to do anything silly again and just make good use of the workshop manual. I'll be taking my time and will start off fixing up wiring and removing caps. I'll need some very high voltage caps, the resevoir cap is rated at 1000 volts.