Alright, I replaced the fuse and fired up my isolation transformer as I raised it to around 60 it started making the iso trans hum and the amp load go high. I checked the diodes but they all read okay. I didnt see anything peculiar and was wondering if you guys thought it was that huge (load?) capacitor on the board or if it was something else. I did not have the degaussing coil hooked up and I had the ground on the neckboard. Anyone know where to head next? thanx sbm