Two different plate voltage readings

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Do yourself another favor and get 4 new screen resistors and move them from the board to each socket where they should be!
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Re: Two different plate voltage readings

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Why? It seems to be working fine now. My vote is to change the filters, which will probably restore some low-end punch.
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Re: Two different plate voltage readings

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Thank you, everyone. It's running great now! I'm getting plate readings of 455.2VDC across all four tubes. I can't get the bias into 60% range, but it's not too hot. I run the amp at 117VAC line input, which put the bias at 42mV. I'd still like to get it down a bit though. I was going to increase the "fizz" cap to 110pf, but I'll try a 5751 or 12AT7 as a PI first. I'd also like to replace the Marshall V30's with G12-65's.

I have to say... The Marshall 6100LM is one hell of an amp! From cleans to crunch to crush, this thing destroys!
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