[poulsbobill]

While researching hi main volts and remedies,  i had tried putting 3,  10 watt, 30ohm  wire wound resistors in parallel in the line cord, I figured that my set uses 
1.15 amp   and trying to get a 10 volts drop i would use  about 11 watts...so i thought my approximately 3x safety factor was enough.

The resistors hit 300 degrees after 15 min... maybe within derated values but still.  Dang.  More research and i decided to try and make   a bucking transformer
out of a wall wart. It  brought my voltage to around 110 now.  Much less heat.

So to my problem, i have read using the heater voltage is a good guide of mains voltage to use.  I measured the 6j5g AVC tube originally and went from 7.0 to about 6.5 volts .  Much better until i started measuring random others and they are all about 5.8 volts now.  I put in a  nos  6j5g and the heater is the same  about .7
above the others.

Why is one higher than all the others?  I know there is a magnetic tuning transformer and maybe this is part of that, but the tubes around it the 6h6g and the 6k7g are also at the lower voltage.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Bill