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Old 11-09-2016, 11:17 AM
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Sometimes that can be fixed. I had a zenith color port set that arced through the bottom of the cup. My solution was to drill out the carbon arcing path then use Permatex gray silicone to fill in the hole...It worked well and was almost a free repair.
+1 - works every time. The Silicone Rubber has a higher volts/mil rating than the plastic in the cup - the cup will go before the patch!

RTV3145 is the best for HV applications - it's electronic grade, self wets, and cures in 6 hours or less. Navy avionics owes it's success to RTV3145 - it solved many arcing problems in F-14 (AWG9) radar power supplies, sealed chaff buckets, and I used it to cure arcing in a Conrac monitor used in the CATIIID bench that troubleshot modules. Great stuff.
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