Original poster: "Stephen Conner by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <steve-at-scopeboy-dot-com> Actually now that I look at the pictures again, the sparks from Richie's coil are somewhat bushier http://homepages.strath.ac.uk/~cnbp111/richie2.jpg Curiouser and curiouser Steve C.