nick_sterling

And if you weren't prepared to be carrying around a car battery ( i'm just saying, they get heavy) , could a smaller power supply create the same effect? like say, two or three 6v lantern type batteries wired together.... My real question is this: is creating a party trick like this worth the amount of effort and money you would have to spend creating the apparatus.

Can anyone please tell me if it is possible to create an electric arc in the air between two gloves at a distance of about 6" if you had a large enough battery as a portable power supply? Or are there certain voltage requirements to get an arc to form, and/or what are the risks of electrocuting yourself...?