Voltage dilemma...

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Voltage dilemma...

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I thought I asked here before I start messing with my amp. :roll:

I have an Ceriatone OTS and while reading several threads here, I think some of my voltages are a bit high.

PT prim 219 (wall voltage)
PT sec 695
Heaters 6,3
plates
V1a 201,3
V1b 202
V2a 200,3
V2b 209,1
PI1 313
PI2 301,5
6L6 454
bias 38mV
So my first question is are those a bit high or I'm imagining things. You should consider that wall voltage was 219V when I measure this. During summer time wall voltage can go up to 230V (even more sometimes).

I'm currently using 220V primary setting on the PT. I could go to 240V setting and that would probably reduce everything for about 10%. Right?
So should I do that or should I rather play with my dropping string (I use 3K3, 22K, 2K2 ), considering my heaters voltage is fine?
:?

What is the smartest thing to do?
Any ideas?
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