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Re: FW: Hi All



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>From:  Gregory R. Hunter [SMTP:ghunter-at-enterprise-dot-net]
>Sent:  Monday, August 24, 1998 12:34 PM
>To:  'Tesla List'
>Subject:  RE: Hi All
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>I saw an old gent on the "Discover" channel who was doing it by shorting
>out a bank of submarine batteries.  Not too much voltage, but unspeakable
>current.  It made coin-size glowing orbs that the old timer claimed was
>ball lightning.  Not nearly as interesting as the dual Tesla coil idea
>though.
>
>Greg


I saw this too and was somewhat skeptical.  It looked like the same little
glowing bits of molten metal that you might get if you stuck a fork in a
110v outlet!  ;-)


Charles Brush