Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <RQBauzon-at-aol-dot-com> i was messing with an MOT by holding a battery (6V) up to the terminals. then there was a brilliant blue flash, the darn thing arced to my index finger. it felt like an ordinary static shock and obviously, it didn't kill of hurt me. why is this?