Quote Originally Posted by GEOFFREY View Post
I think that water in the tube could be extremely dangerous, either from the electrical aspect or the risk of the water boiling and developing a high (explosive) pressure in the tube. Please do not power the machine up like this. G.
the 1st part was correct in this case ... the outlet water hose arced through the hose where is was near one of the tube mounting bolts .. so yes .. the water was at 25Kv !

All switched off and waiting for new tube now :)

And I'll have to fix the pin hole in the hose now too !