[printhead]

And to think that i used to climb phone poles with battery clamps and a volt meter so we could get a band to play on a hay wagon in a field....

[exDemMom]

How horrible.

I have seen some youtube videos where young people film themselves doing some incredibly dangerous “experiments” without a thought as to even basic safety precautions.

I’m surprised more tragedies like this don’t happen.

[VanDeKoik]

I had a rule when experimenting with electricity and electronics as a kid.

Nothing over what a 9V battery could put out. Never use power from the wall, even on the other side of a power brick.

[chrisser]

Too bad. If the kid was interested enough to actually build a Jacobs ladder, he probably had some potential.

But you don’t often get a second chance with high voltage if the current is there.

A lot of us are lucky we didn’t end up like this boy. Me included.

[mylife]

Sad

[yarddog]

I took this one near my parents house. It was raining pretty hard.

[Cementjungle]

Very sad for the family.

It's a miracle anyone ever lives to adulthood.

[Delta 21]

My 11th grade science fair experiment involved a hugh and serius transformer we got from the train yard, an 8 foot Jacob’s ladder and a tesla coil that lit up over half the fluorescent lights in the cafeteria when we turned it on.

We were mostly careful.

[MV=PY]

You can tell when you’re part of the circuit.

[Cboldt]

ohm my. “Conducting” is right.

[BuffaloJack]

Jacob’s ladders are dangerous.
I work with high voltage regularly and we occasionally make small ball lightning (<1/2 inch diameter) when the setting on our system are off.

[fastrock]

yes, current kills, voltage burns, cooks and fries. RIP young man

[TheCipher]

The Radioactive Boy Scout

[Vendome]

[TChad]

Jacobs latter on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNbvg9jfDr8