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From: gnome@oliveb.UUCP (Gary)
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Subject: Re: Jacob's Ladders
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Date: Wed, 17-Sep-86 16:05:14 EDT
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>    Does anybody know how to make a functioning Jacob's Ladder - you know,
> 
> Allan Butcher and Dave Doss
> Univ of Texas McDonald Observatory
> No bucks...no Buck Rogers...support your local observatory

Yes.  You need a high voltage (~10KV) _AC_ supply that can output
relatively high current (in the milliamp range, not microamps).
Use AC ONLY.   High voltage DC is even more dangerous than AC.

Go down to a junk yard and see if you can pick-up a working
oil-burner ingition transformer.  They are 'just right' for
that application.  Second to that are neon sign transformers.

Be careful!

Gary