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Subject:Re: ebay plasma blue headlights
From:Matthew Pollard
Date:Tue, 6 Nov 2001 23:19:35 -0800

Oh, what are you a wimp? just make your own!  How much are the 'bulbs?'
(the only cost would be the bulbs, wire and duct-tape. Hmmm, Red and Green
comes to mind here....)

You could easily climb a powerpole and liberate one of the smallest
transformers that you can carry by yourself (maybe the size of an
amo-box?), then wire the transformer backwards (instead of 30,000 to 12v
you go from 12v to 30,000v  :-)

I did this in college... i 'found' a few HUGE transformers and used them
for jacob laders in a haunted hause. They are still kicking!  here is a
photo of the smallest one (first one too) that i made (this one is 1200V i
think. The biggest is the size of a beer keg and weighted 400?+ lbs)

http://www.dirtfarmers.com/kx_new/photos/jacoblad.jpg

cheers and if women don't find you hansome they should at least find you
handy.

keep your stick on the ice
-m

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356