:: Ah, tried the resonance cap in series with the tube?

Hmm, hadn't thought of that. The schematic shows it to be 15nF, but they=20
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We replace them with an ill fitting orange poly 100nF/650v. Lower values=20
tend to make the tube quite dim - in fact if colour can be watery it'd be a=
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reasonable description.=20

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