[Tiki]

(On a much smaller scale) - I had a plasma ball toy as a kid, the kind you put your finger on and the electricity arcs to your finger. One day I broke the glass housing. Curious what would happen, I plugged it in - the radio in the kitchen AND the TV in the living room both simultaneously wouldn't run when the broken plasma bulb was plugged in. I did this several times as a prank on unsuspecting family members and then the unit burned out/wouldn't turn on. I still don't know how dangerous this was to do(if at all).

[homero]

My scale wouldn't record my body fat for months until i turned off my plasma ball and it started working again. I was livid thinking it broke.

[userbinator]

The most dangerous part of that would probably be being caught by the FCC.

[borgel]

I used to enjoy wrapping a metal slinky around the base of mine. Then whenever I touched metal to it I’d get little sparks. Must have been acting as an antenna, but I wonder what exactly was going on.

[superkuh]

It's acting like a capacitor.

[epaulson]

I have always wanted a plasma globe but have never gotten one because I've been worried about how much radio noise they might generate and if it would interfere with WiFi etc.