James Paul wrote:
> As I see it, if you're interested in experimenting with LARGE
> amounts of static electricity, or possibly small lightning
> strikes, a Whimshurst machine will do it for you.   Actually,
> any type of experimentation with the physics of electricity could
> benefit from a whimshurst machine.   But, whatever you do with it,
> BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL!!!!!!   A Whimshurst machine can develop LETHAL
> AMOUNTS OF VOLTAGE AND CURRENT.  One false move and it could be your
> last.
>

Russell,

BTW, those pictures showing Nicolai Tesla standing inside his original
lightning machine, with arcs going on all around him, are now considered
to be double exposures.

And to ditto JamesP, if you do buy this machine and do try using it to
test your embedded systems, first time use old obsoleted boards.
Lightning strikes onto anything "directly" will probably proof lethal
to the device. Better to set the generator up outside and let it strike
the power grid - so currents are conducted into the bldg and onto the
board indirectly. [but don't tell NZ Power and Light that I was the guy
who mentioned this].

cheers,
- danM

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