Leyh witnessed a bizarre electrical accident he caused by leaving a clip lead connected across the primary terminals of a coil, which burned the clip lead, but the interesting part was that the coil was disconnected from everything and stored away in a corner of the lab, yet somehow energy transferred to it while another coil was running across the room.
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“I witnessed uh bizarre electrical accident I actually caused this accident by leaving this poor cliff lead Canessa connected across the primary terminals of a coil but what's interesting here is that when the coil burned this clip lead the coil itself was disconnected from everything and actually stored away in the corner of the lab”
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The Secret Life of Lightning: The Science of Giant Tesla Coils | Greg Leyh— The Long Now FoundationCreated: 8/12/2026, 10:15:24 PM
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