they make special silicone for sealing stove pipes (heat resistant) or special silicone for high voltages conditions on older TV flyback transformers
could you not just had a dab to glue the fittings in place without threading them in ?
or better yet glue the wires in place ..period the Tv silicon is great for insulating 25KV to prevent arcing
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