Sure, umbrellas protect you from lightning, not just rain . A big Tesla coil sparks to the earthed frame.
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The circuit path is from the top of the Tesla coil, to spark, to umbrella shaft, to my glove, to two separate earth wires back to the base of the Tesla coil.
I am not part of that pathway. However, if both the wires became disconnected then I would be part of the circuit as the spark would travel through my body and shoes into the ground and back to the grounded Tesla coil base.
Uhmmmmm….Don’t try this at home.
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Photo Date: Nov 23, 2009, Dec 6, 2009