[NostalgiaRadioTime]

Well I did indeed have the 10 mfd #91 cap in backwards. I re-soldered it in the correct way and....still no change. I'm still creeping up around 5 amps of draw at 50 volts. When you (Terry) said I have a mess, you weren't kidding. I'm having a heck of a time trying to isolate what is causing such a current draw. I took all of the tubes out to try to eliminate the filament circuit and slowly brought it up on the variac with the same results (5 amps at 50 volts). Momentarily I even tried it without the speaker connected, just to eliminate that. Again, same result. I only did this to try to isolate where the problem may be. The only work I have done to the set was to replace the 7 electrolytics. None of the bakelite blocks show any signs of leaking tar or any indication that they are shorted or getting hot. As soon as I climb up to around 30 volts it starts to draw, and by 50 it's up to the 5, so I quickly shut it down. I don't want to risk further damaging anything. Knowing that I have that kind of draw with no tubes in the circuit (and briefly no speaker) where would you look first?