Power Supply Redesign

So I really should have looked at all of the datasheets and low wattage single ended schematics that have EL84's in them and noticed that absolutely none of them go over 250V at the plate.

But I didn't so now me trying to squeeze as much power as I could out of a little EL84 has brought me nothing but a tube that glows cherry red... I guess I did get the power then, just a *bit* too much though.

Where I stand now is having to burn off about 100 Volts to get down to the seemingly magical number of 250V at the plate. So that's what I've done using the Duncan PSU Designer II.

What I came up with is this:

I assumed that each tube would draw the following current at 250 Volts across the anode to cathode:

12AX7 - 1.5mA

EF86 - 3mA

EL84 - 40mA ( Chosen using Weber's Bias Calculator )

Now, I'm still not 100% sure of what kind of current the EL84 will pull so I've ordered a whole bunch of 10W resistors to tweak the B+ levels and also some 1W resistors to fiddle with the cathode bias.

One thing though, I'm not looking forward to dealing with the heat that the 10W resistors are going to give off. Another vent might be called for. But I just want to get this thing running properly first.

EDIT: I've removed the 1K ohm dropper resistors for 2 reasons. 

1) There's already a low enough voltage caused by resistors at the plates of the preamp tubes.

2) I don't have enough room to put them :P