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WE300B grid leak - Elekit TU-8900 - pls advise

I replaced the coupling caps with the stock one...pls see the pictures
I replaced the 300B and used the Western for this measurement

No change at all...

The measured TP10 starts at 60mV and slowly constantly increases to more than 120mV as you can see on the pictures.

AC is 234V now here in my workshop (10V AC higher than two hours ago)
I only measured the right channel and unplugged the 300B from the left channel.

2: 2.8V (REF: 2.8V)
4: 57.6V (REF: 70V)
6: 65.4V (REF: 75V)
8: 215V (REF: 205V)

10: 0.0632 => 3min => 0.1068 => 3min => 0.1205

12: 64.5V (REF: 60V)
14: 69.5V (REF: 12 + 5V)
16: 388V (REF: 390V)
18: 396V (REF: 405V)
20: 312V (REF: 330V)
22: 415V (REF: 420V)

Due to the higher supply voltage of 234V AC, the supply related values are much closer to the reference values now.
However, the grid offset is still present and seems to increase overt time.

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