On Porthole CRT safety ...

[cwmoser]

Originally Posted by kramden66

what i did / do is take the plate cap off the top of the 1b3 hv rectifier , stick it in a bottle cap and put electrical tape around it , this way it doesn't touch anything , this removes the voltage from the metal of the crt and makes it safe to go and do the adjustments

Do you mean something like the cap on a plastic Coke bottle?
Have to try that. The Buzz control is very near that big metal CRT
bell housing and adjusting that always made me nervous.