I just rescently recieved 3x50kva pole pigs. These things are way heavier than i ever thought(615lbs). I have one hooked up in my garage all roped off with warning signs to keep people away. Ive been getting about 16" inch arcs with a jacobs ladder with about 20 amps at around 220 volts feed into the primary winding. The first time i hooked it up, it blew the breaker right away. I tried lots of stuff before i finally used a welder in series with the leads connected as a current limiting device. I couldnt believe that this was already being done by other people. I thought it was pretty creative. Anyways nice board. Im planning on building a tesla coil soon. I was just wondering if anyone could answer this question. I have a garage thats 20'x24' and the ceiling is 8' tall. Would it be safe to run a tesla coil built from a pig in there? IM thinking not... but i have two ground rods driven out side my garage for my experiments with this monster, would it be a good idea to build like a halo striking ring around the toriod spaced out a few feet to predict the arcing to that? Its just cold outside cause i live in Alaska and some of the neighbors might freak also esp the old man across the street. Any ways i just have this feeling that 20sq' really isnt enough room for safty atleast i dont feel confortable with it.