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Take a long flat bladed screwdriver, and attach a ground wire to the shaft of the screwdriver. Elevate the cap on the horizontal output tube and carefully move the blade of the screwdriver under the cap to come into contact with the metal cap on the tube. You should be able to withdraw the tip of the screwdriver slowly and draw an arc off the metal cap on the tube.
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Holy effin' (*
bleep*)
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I had to read the above twice to be sure what it was sayin'. And you're telling a newbie to do this?? Got any idea how much current an arc direct-to-ground is is gonna draw thru the flyback primary and damper?
If you want to pull an arc off the H.output tube's plate, it's not necessary to ground the screwdriver at all (just be sure the handle is well insulated). You'll get an adequate 'air arc' since there's about 6KV of spike at the plate.