A few months ago I carried out the high voltage experiment I told you guys I was planning. I did learn allot about the properties and safety behind HV, but never reached my main goal, which involved the use of a 100 megaohm resistor. I noticed that without a resistor connected, and using the earth itself as a form of resistor for the + and - ends, with 10 inches of cardboard on top of rubber and plastic as suspenders would suffice to keep the electricity from running though the sleeving into the ground before its destination. Though when i hooked up the resistor, either the electricity would flow through the shielding through the ground isolation pillars and into the ground, or it would actually arc across the surface of the resistor rather than go through it. Essentially when faced with such a high resistance, the voltage would prefer to go anywhere else no matter what the barrier. This reminded me of something I saw on a website that said, "Danger, high resistance!". I though it was just a joke, but it seems that there are dangers in using very high resistance resistors with high voltage (and of course the resistor was well rated to take the voltage and current, in fact up to 75Kv). I need the power to go through the resistor though.......so, how can I do this? I though of using small glass sheets, or even teflon blocks for ground isolation, but what about the resistor? It is an Ohmite Mox96021.