Stefaan, I suggest removing crt lead,put on a new rubber end,or a whole crt lead,whichever is easier,clean the glass real good,and if necessary put a bead of silicon caulk under the cap.Should be ok,if crt is good,which it probably is. Now for the test,place one foot in toilet,grab lead.....JOKING!JOKING!! Good luck. al Al Leatherman Al's TV 224 Rt. 46 Mine Hill, NJ. 07803 973-361-5796 WWW.ALS-TV.NET ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefaan Van Slycken" <vanslycken@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 10:32 AM Subject: [TechAssist] High voltage arcing, what's the cause? > Customer gave me a coin-op arcade game (mortal combat II) with the complaint that it crackles & smells. When switched on there's very severe arcing around the HV cable - purple arcs from HV cable to demagnetisation and gnd cables around the CRT. I must say that this game hadn't played in a while and may or may not have been stored in a moist environment. What causes these severe arcs? Bad CRT, bad LOT? I've never seen anything like this outside a CRT before... > kind regards, > Stefaan Van Slycken > Van Slycken Elektro > Waasmunster > BELGIUM > > **************************************************************************** * > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ***************************************************************************** Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/