Hey Bert, I just wanted to say thanks for the info and advice. I now have the pole pig working using two 500 foot rolls of wire as the ballast. Even better than the jacobs ladder though is that i connected it to my Tesla coil and it is now throwing about four feet of thick white hot streamers. It was powered by two nst's previously and maybe had about two feet of arc. This thing is so loud. I am just wondering if my caps are going to last. They are rolled ones that I made myself and if I remember correctly had 30 sheets of plastic. Anyways thanks again. Mario