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Date:         Tue, 6 Nov 2001 23:19:35 -0800
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: ebay plasma blue headlights
Comments: To: Michael Moery <mikemoery@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
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Oh, what are you a wimp? just make your own! How much are the 'bulbs?' (the only cost would be the bulbs, wire and duct-tape. Hmmm, Red and Green comes to mind here....)

You could easily climb a powerpole and liberate one of the smallest transformers that you can carry by yourself (maybe the size of an amo-box?), then wire the transformer backwards (instead of 30,000 to 12v you go from 12v to 30,000v :-)

I did this in college... i 'found' a few HUGE transformers and used them for jacob laders in a haunted hause. They are still kicking! here is a photo of the smallest one (first one too) that i made (this one is 1200V i think. The biggest is the size of a beer keg and weighted 400?+ lbs)

http://www.dirtfarmers.com/kx_new/photos/jacoblad.jpg

cheers and if women don't find you hansome they should at least find you handy.

keep your stick on the ice -m

Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" University of Idaho www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356


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