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There were a bunch of burritos at school tonight left over from an event. A classmate and I snagged a bunch of them on the way out. With five in hand on a paper plate, I began to cast about for a way to get them home on my bike, sans saddlebags which I'd left at home. With a little thought, I remembered that garbage cans often have extra bags in them at the bottom to make bag changes eaiser. Sure enough, I got myself a bag to carry them home in.

Tonight, I have bunches of stuff to read for my poli sci class because I missed seeing a posted reading assignment. Then I have a doctor's appointment at 9:45 tomorrow morning before class. Busy times!

Current Mood: content

I need an adult. Or someone who knows more about high voltage safety than I do.

If I connect this thing up to a couple of wire coat-hanger ends and fire it up to make a kick-ass jacob's ladder, how likely is it to explode in a ball of fire and/or send metal shrapnel toward me at a high rate of speed? I scavenged it from an abandoned building and the output is specced at 15kv.

It wouldn't be my first jacob's ladder; I have another one I built with a neon sign transformer of about half the voltage. I just don't know if there are likely to be internal problems in one this old that's been subject to freeze / thaw cycles. Is this an oil-filled transformer? Does that make a difference?

It would be so pretty!