In a message dated 9/15/2000 1:15:31 PM Mountain Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes: > > BTW, if a tube is rather close when you're holding it, you will get small > (1-3") discharges from the outbound end (the end near your body, and away > from the coil), these can bite your wrist and freak you out, be expecting > it. You should grab the metal end of the tube to prevent that. Mike