From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!bormanp
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.wanted,net.physics
Title: Re: Jacobs Ladder (climbing arc) query.
Article-I.D.: stolaf.891
Posted: Thu Apr 21 21:05:30 1983
Received: Tue May 10 17:30:22 1983
References: vax1.302 vax1.303


	Using AC for a jacobs ladder works just fine.  I have had
	one for several years, all it is is a 12,000 volt luminous
	transformer and a couple of wires.  No problem with it
	it "going to zero volts", after all, ac only passes through
	0 volts and does not go to 0 volts.  The arc goes up to 3
	or 4 inches (only 2 on a breezy day).  

				-Paul R Borman
				-St. Olaf College
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