AHHH! that wht/black tracer goes to chassis ground...tried a few minutes ago to power up after double check of my reinstall

and still got a signifigate hard current draw on the Amp meter on the variac...it wants to
and has tripped the circut breaker in my living room twice


I redouble check my solder connections it appears to be the same as the factory had built it...i did do one wire at a time as stated before...now i just tried it again it doesn't tripp the breaker which is weird

...keeping in mind this is a brand new transformer..the field choke is still good reading 17 ohms...and yes I've been doing this with variac

Superior "Powerstat 116"
all of the E-caps are new

and still have a current draw @no voltage

what gives?

that's with no tubes in