Thank you cbenham for your info on this unit, it is appreciated. I can picture the effect that leakage off the anode or CRT face would have, surrounded on all sides by a 3" gap to a grounded chassis... It's lucky this thing doesn't light up like one of those plasma globes. (Except without the nice safe vacuum and glass insulation to keep the watcher safe :-) I'll definitely be sure to keep my hand out of there, under power!

I will be testing it on an isolated, GFI protected circuit with a master kill switch, so I can shut it down pretty quick - although not as quick as an arc can discharge - so thanks again for the warning & reminder, that you ALWAYS need to be careful in this line of work. There's a reason that the word "HAZARDOUS" is stamped on the set back. <BFG>