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Actually, that makes me curious. Would a piece of pencil "lead" be a workable substitute? I could imagine taking a drafting/art pencil lead (the kind that's some 2-3 mm thick) with clip-leads, one on each end. (Preferably inside some kind of container, so the connection on the HV end is not exposed.) But I don't know whether its resistance would be too high (or too low, though that seems unlikely).... /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML [email protected] / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
