[kadoban]

How high voltage we talking? Is it low enough amps that it's relatively safe, or is this as firmly in "nope" territory as I imagine?

Regardless, yeah I bet that was fun as hell, since you apparently survived :)

[ENGNR]

25 kilovolts+, and pretty high amps!

Most people made them from CRT computer monitors back in the day

[kadoban]

Nice, that's definitely in "nope" territory for me, but sounds like something I'd love to watch from a distance.

[JoeAltmaier]

Or about the same as the shock you get from touching a doorknob after scuffing your feet on the carpet.

[kadoban]

Except in that case it lasts for 0 seconds, which is why you don't die. Something that's trying to use it to fly, that seems unlikely to be how it works.

[klyrs]

In voltage, you're right. In amperage, you're dead.