well I installed a top side fuse holder right by the HOT, I have a 250ma fuse ready for it. I went ahead and added a 1uf non polar cap across the fuse holder so I can just pop the fuse and attach my meter.
I put the test leads on the 1k resistro on the HV regulater, left them hanging out the back. I actually had just about finished an intall of a term strip right next to the fuse, it was test points for that same resistor, then had a moment of clarity and realized that would put a 390+ term exposed at the back of the chassis
so I undid that and will live with having to pull the chassis to take the voltage drop reading. After pulling that bone head idea I decided to take a break and go do some DXing on my new Zenith TO.
I will do the current and voltage checks tomorrow when my head is clear.