I remember this fellow, Walter, in our Air Force squadron who spent his spare time making voltage doublers and step-up transformers, trying for super sparks. I think Walter would enjoy this.

"The above pictures of myself were taken with me standing on an pie plate that was resting on the top of a plastic bucket. The pie plate was connected to the high voltage generator and charged to about 40,000V. If you do this, be sure to have someone else turn on and off the high voltage generator. Also, don't touch anything when you are charged. Have everything you are going to hold/play with already sitting on the bucket and away from grounded objects. Remember to take off your watch..."

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