Trouble understanding PT schematic for 50 watt JMP

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Trouble understanding PT schematic for 50 watt JMP

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Hello again everyone, having a little trouble understanding a few things about this new PT i purchased from classictone:

According to this, is the red wire with yellow stripe 0 volts?

Are all three green wires (both solid green and green with yellow stripe) 6.3v each?

And what are the two 5V yellow wires for?

I have concluded that the Red w/yellow stripe and the Green w/yellow stripe connect to the negative lug on one of the cap cans. Am I right? For reference I am using the metro amp kit instructions and layout.

Sorry for the onslaught of questions, I would just like to double check so i don't hook up anything wrong lol!
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Re: Trouble understanding PT schematic for 50 watt JMP

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Yes. The yellow striped wires are for ground to chassis along with that cap. Same central location to both (cap and tranny) close together but never directly on a PT mounting screw.

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5V? You got a JTM tranny for tube rectifier. Trim off just the exposed end of each wire, shrink wrap it with a bit of overhang, pair them and use another shrink to hold them together then tuck them in over between the PT and chassis wall.
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Re: Trouble understanding PT schematic for 50 watt JMP

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The high voltage secondary is red-red/yellow-red. The pair of reds carry 312.5V each or a total of 625V. The red/yellow is the center tap (CT) and that is grounded to the chassis at the same spot where you ground the negative lead of the first filter cap.

The 6.3V filament supply is green-green/yellow-green. The pair of green wires each supply 3.15V or 6.3V together. The green/yellow is the CT. That gets grounded to the same place as the other CT.

The pair of yellow wires supplies 5V for the filament for a 5V rectifier tube (5Y3, 5AR4, 5U4, etc.; not all rectifier tubes are 5V tubes), if you are using one. If not, cap them off and tuck them out of the way.

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Re: Trouble understanding PT schematic for 50 watt JMP

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Clear as can be! Thank you so much!
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