🚀 go-pugleaf

I've got this circuit which consists of
   8:1000 ohm input transformer feeding
   DIP bridge rectifier feeding
   base-emitter junction of a transistor.
The idea is to connect the 8-ohm input to the output of a radio or
tape recorder and turn on the transistor when there is some signal.

It works fine, at first.  After it sits for a while, turned off, it
won't work.  Then I disconnect one of the secondary leads from the
transformer, observe with an AC voltmeter that there is voltage there,
and reconnect it.  At that point it starts working again.  I've been
through several cycles of this - probably I'll connect the transformer
with a clip lead to make it easy to get it going until I get to the
bottom of it all - but does anybody have a clue what is going on here?
Intermittent connection somewhere down inside the transformer?  Is there
some latchup phenomenon with DIP bridge rectifiers?
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