Are the CTC5 HV supplies weak?

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Originally Posted by Penthode

Did you try the solid state 3A3 replacement?

That’s what I meant by stick rectifier, they have goofy non-tooby part numbers so I just call it stick rectifier like the focus rectifiers from later sets. Heck it may even be possible to couple the primary side pulse into the secondary with one of those huge doorknobs and another HV rectifier like they did with chassis like the 2B, but I still think giving the whole circuit a boost with a silicon rectifier feeding it makes more sense and is less complex than doing all of that. There’s also the donut unwind and a tripler module solution, but I don’t like the idea of flyback surgery unless absolutely necessary.