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if your neighbor did things like this??

Looks like a future Darwin Award winner.

I wouldn't be going into the garage if I smelled barbecue...

OK Confession time.

When I was about 11 years old, I had a book outlining a number of projects for boys. The list included lots of wires, buzzers, bells and building an arc light.

Like any kid who grew up around equipment, I knew one should never look directly into an arc, but I figured that was no problem.

The whole thing was very simple: a (slightly flexible) wooden frame to hold the arc rods. The rods, just as the book suggested, were the carbon cores from a couple of D batteries. An old lamp cord gave me the connection to power.

When it was all set up in the basement, a slight push on the flexible frame allowed the sharpened rods to touch, which initiated the arc. It would run for about 10 - 15 seconds before blowing a fuse. Dad probably wondered why we went through a half-dozen fuses that week.

Sorry, no video from 'back in the day'.
Yes, the house is still standing.

Les

I think it would be pretty cool.

Seems like a pretty bright guy with no common sense.

A lot of really smart people seem to have the same affliction.

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Originally Posted by sjf911 (Post 6065408)

Looks like a future Darwin Award winner.

It's more exciting if you stand in salt water bare foot ! :(

Now there's a guy who's all amped up with no voltage to go on. :D