I don't know exactly why, but it is. Sean Breheny wrote: > Why should cement be conductive? Because it holds water well? > > Sean > > At 11:06 PM 4/26/00 -0400, you wrote: > >I did my demonstration of a Tesla coil discharging into a metal rod in my > hand > >with a flourescent buld in the other hand once for a high school and didn't > >realize that the floor was cement under the tile. Talk about a hotfoot, even > > | > | Sean Breheny > | Amateur Radio Callsign: KA3YXM > | Electrical Engineering Student > \--------------=---------------- > Save lives, please look at http://www.all.org > Personal page: http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/shb7 > mailto:shb7@cornell.edu ICQ #: 3329174