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Old 05-19-2005, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by RetroHacker
Another test for high voltage is to get a small neon lamp, and tape it to the end of a pencil or other non-conducting stick.
Careful! A pencil has a conductive core, namely the black part that does the writing. It's graphite, similar to carbon comp resistors. Not good for use around kilovolt high voltages.
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