Ignoramus27736 wrote:
I got a dozen of 9,000V franceformers. I wonder if I can make some
sort of a fun, safe thing with them, possibly halloween
related. Suggestions to make a corpse out of me for Halloween
decorations will not be seriously considered.

i

Take a look at this site. It's one of the best on the subject of HV
projects:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/electricstuff/

Especially this page:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/electri...acobphone.html

I've been meaning to do some HV experiments for a while, but so far I
haven't got round to it. I have a vacuum pump ready for making some cool
low pressure discharges inside glass tubes...

Chris