BL> I considered it... or a solar powered 5KV generator, anyway;

 BG> ROFL! It needs to work at NIGHT, when most burglars do their
 BG> prowling. 

  You use the solar cells to charge a battery, you dickhead - in case
the burglar trips over the extension lead and hurts himself.

 BL> I designed a lovely little flyback oscillator that ran off 12V,
 BL> but I never got around to installing it. I reckon you could
 BL> sell a think like that.

 BG> I doubt it. Even if it's not lethal, it could still be
 BG> classified as a man-trap. Seems that crims have more rights
 BG> than victims these days. 

  Sell it as a combined misquito repeller and negative ion generator.
It does not need to be approved if it's battery operated.

 BL> You could almost guarantee no burglar would get more than one
 BL> step past the mesh! ROFL!!!

 BG> I guess you could also disconnect the ultor lead from your CTV
 BG> when you go to bed, and attach it to your door, although I
 BG> can't imagine too many burglars being stupid enough to grab a
 BG> doorknob with a 12" diameter corona. :) 

  The trouble with electrified door knobs is that the burglar is
probably wearing joggers and is so well insulated he will never know
there are volts on it. It wuld be relatively foolproof to set up 
a plastic pelmet with bare 0.3mm wires alternating positive and
negative hanging down inside the door, so that enyone entering would
brush through them and get a hell of a surprise. They would nevr know
what hit them because the first touch of the wire would be accompanied
by a 5KV kick out of a 0.01uF capacitor.

  And on the opposite wall would be a small sign:

                      WARNING!!!!!
                     ELECTRIC SHED

Regards,
Bob
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