I've been blessed!

[old_tv_nut]

Here are a couple of pix of the tube at Hawk-Eye. Scotty and I jawed a bit, and he's willing to house it for a while in case the geniuses here (you know who you are) come up with more ideas. Scotty didn't apply Vac-seal to every possible place, plus there may be other things we could do, so thinkin' it over.

The close-up with the Tesla coil shows the "blue glow" (photographs more pink) due to residual air. Scotty says the leak is big enough that he can notice a change over the last 2 days. Eventually, the HV will just make arcs between the electrodes when enough air gets in.