[kvflyer]

Originally Posted by Yamamaya42

Yes, the getter completely come off, stand and all, and was loose in the top, I had not not noticed it, was only on for about 30-40 sec, before i saw smoke and shut it off, resistors may have already been weak, not sure.

Are you sure that the metal getter didn't short the elements in the tube when it was flopping/flopped around? Short between elements might have caused the problem.