It is very n1ce to see that someone finally crunched the numbers, and put this fairy tale to rest.

- Nat Sergeant (Ixonia (cdp), WI), 03/25/2017

I have a 250kv line behind my house and I played around with a lot of things over the years in response to urban legends I have heard, nothing was even enough to get an F40 tube to glow.

- Sidney Blair (Bethlehem, NJ), 03/25/2017

I had to laugh at #5. If the voltage is indeed dependent on the current flow (instead of the turns ratio) every transformer in the world would have a variable voltage output depending on how loaded it was at that moment.It's sad to think that there are 'educated' people who belive this drivel...but I'va always said that there's a world of difference between 'educated' and 'smart'.

- Suze Mellon (Mason, IL), 03/25/2017