On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Andrew Wilson wrote:
> 3) Coat the wires liberally with RTV silicone (available from an auto parts
> store) so there are no bare spots that can arc.
>
> 4) Power it up, watch the HV arc like crazy - power it off and go back to
> step 3 to add more RTV silicone until the wire is sufficiently insulated
> so that it no longer arcs.
As an alternative, you can get high-voltage insulating tubing, and tape that
on with plain-old electrical tape. Make friends with the local TV repair man
and hopefully they can give/sell you the few inches you'll need. MUCH easier
than playing with the gooky stuff. That's what I used on my Asteroids.
On my Battlezone, I reused the old sockets as insulators, and taped one on
each end of the diode. Cut open, they were like little tubes.
-Chris
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