>
>
> ...
> to make the circuit like the Indian man appears to be
> doing.


Indeed.
Appears.

He wipes a wire along his body and lights a lamp that is, say, to be
conservative, 230 VAC 20 Watt. A much better estimate could be gained if
one could be bothered watching more closely but this alone makes it an
obvious hoax). The high voltage and low wattage present an ~=3D  best case
test.

230 VAc, 20W is about 0.1A flow and equivalent resistance of some small
percentage of the load's resistance.
Rload effective =3D Power/I^2 =3D 20/.1^2  =3D 2k.
If he adds 50% of that his skin-wipe resistance is 1k.
If he adds 10%  - more likely given the visible result, it's ~~=3D 200 Ohms=
..
For wires wipes across skin that's not feasible[tm] AND the physiological
reactions to such currents would be severe. Even if he was totally pain
immune his muscles would react appropriately

The Neon voltage tester demo may be real - they light up on the smell of 1%
of an oily rag.

Producing sensors which detected high resistance conductive paths and
switched loads as needed would be easy.



           Russell
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