Mac Plus ozone?

Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote: Ozone smell is just the high voltage at work. A slight leakage that may indicate moisture or excessive dust on the monitor where the HV lead clips to the side of the picture tube. You might be able to reduce the smell by opening the case and (after waiting 24 hours to discharge) clean the glass around the HV Anode clip (may have a rubber disc protecting the clip) with a red (usually red) fat insulated wire coming out of the picture tube cone. There is a special coating on the tube that starts about 2 inches away from the anode clip and coats the glass cone - do not remove or damage this if possible. It is 1/2 of the capacitor element of the picture tube Lyden jar type capacitor. Alternatively the flyback could be damp or filthy with dust. This is found at the other end of the fat wire (normally red) leading from the cone of the picture tube. You can wipe it with a damp cloth, taking particular care not to rotate or move it relative to the frame - as this will break wires and cause it to fail. Most flybacks are solid enough that this is not a concern but in my early B&W video game monitors the flyback coil was not well secured and subject to failure from being turned or twisted whilst cleanig or just day to day bouncing around... John :-#)# -- John's Jukes Ltd. 2343 Main St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 3C9 Call (604)872-5757 or Fax 872-2010 (Pinballs, Jukes, VideoGames) www.flippers.com "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out"