Undertaker's lightning bolts

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Originally Posted by Kris P Lettus back in the day alot of movie lighting was "arc" lighting, meaning they ran DC.. DC is high amprage, lower voltage, and safer than AC, which is higher voltage, lower amprage (ohm's law of resistance).. anyway, misunderstanding my question about making lightning, my dad proceeded to tell me that "back in the day" they used to tie 2 carbon rods to a "hot" DC run (having cut notches into one of the rods) and they would rub them together to make lightning effects for movies.. he said the "arc's" would throw about 2'-3'.. that seems perfectly sane to me

That's what I said.