So I've finished my ceriatone 5e3 build, looks stunning, sounds even better, only problem is, today i was playing quietly, clean, vol less than 1, etc, and after about 20 mins of playing i leant down to switch the amp off, leaning my hand on the power transformer, The transformer was cooking, like burn your hand hot.

I've measured the heater voltages, as i've only got a cheap dvm i don't trust measuring the HT, but they are at 6.45 volts, which seems normal to me.

As i said, sounds just like a saggy old 5e3 should sound, but gets really really hot.

This obviously isn't normal, anyone got any ideas as to what it could be?

I can't remember, although I'm pretty sure its not. There is a good chance its a NOS Ge 5y3, I'm at work atm, wont be able to check til i get home.

I read somewhere that if the PT gets hot, like really hot, then its looking like a short somewhere internally...

You need to measure all the voltages in there... just heater voltages is not.

You don't need to spend a lot on a decent multimeter... the market is full of them. If you are a diy guy you need one asap anyway.