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Header bypass Cap?

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I built the Aikido Phono Preamp and it work out well for awhile, but then I cleaned up the board, changed tubes and some resistors. Now my heater bypass cap keeps exploding, can anybody think of a reason? Is it a bad tube or is there something shorting? See the user guide below, it's on page 5.

Thanks!

http://www.tubecad.com/2008/07/13/PH-1 Phono preamp.pdf


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