On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:17:27 -0500, Michael Coslo
wrote:

Of course, I never partook of such tomfoolery.

Mike, what a lightweight.

I took a cap out of TV Buck-Boost section of the flyback (couple of
hundred pF rated at 20,000V, what is called a doorknob cap) and
charged it with a van-deGraff generator. Unfortunately it was my
Physics teacher that wondered what strange item I had on my desk....

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC