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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/20/2014 09:07 PM, Jeremiah Minh
Grünblatt via Stagecraft wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Folks:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please understand, before I even ask the
question, that I am not going to let the following occur.
There is no chance of it actually happening. And yet – the
kids I’m working for on this uber-hip haunted house next week
have asked me to suss out the technical gimmickry behind the
tough mudder electro shock obstacle. Again, I am not going to
rig a live mesh of 10,000 volt wires as a gauntlet for the
unsuspecting public. However, I am interested in thoughts as
to how best to fake this gag (i.e., a big scary single-pole
switch box that crackles and looks like it is sending live
current through suspended wires) and am ACADEMICALLY
interested in how we think the actual tough mudder obstacle is
fabricated.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I completely understand if no one wants to
touch this question with a ten-foot insulated pole, but I
couldn’t think of a better group to ask.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">J. Minh<o:p></o:p></p>
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Maybe LED rope with individually addressable LEDs, all blue-white.
Sound effects to go with "sparks". Fog creeping out of the box and
places the "sparks" are going.<br>
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For even better look, but higher cost, have a neon bender make some
crackle lamps for your sparking wires.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.interstellar.com">www.interstellar.com</a>
tel: +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free: 1 866 356-3886
Skype: jerrydurand</pre>
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