my 4" coil without a tripod and without knowing anything about photography.

Forced-air cooled static spark gap, ~500watts.

That night was the main reason I moved to Arizona, not one but TWO drunken idiots attempted to grab the streamers resulting in painful shocks. Then some dumb jerk threw a cup of beer all over the tank circuit resulting in me having to power down and clean up for a good hour.

Intelligence is at a premium these days...