High Voltage Management

[Michael Myers]

At 04:30 AM 7/20/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote:

>volt Van de Graaf generators. (By the way, the neon sign transformer was
>actually pretty dangerous, and my handling of it was careless, I now see.
>Be careful when you convert one of these into a Jacob's Ladder, or use it
>for plasma studies.)

Been there. Done that. Bad idea to have the Jacob's Ladder out as 
"atmosphere" for a party, especially one where alcohol is available...

"Hey, that's pretty cool...what is it?"
"It's a Jacob's Ladder...careful...it's hot."
(Time passess...Darwin and Jack Daniels intervene)
BZZZZZT! "Yeow! That thing burned me!"
"Well, what were you doing?...I told you it was hot!"
"Uh...I was trying to light my cigarette on it."

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