Clinton Center to host ‘Lightning on Demand’
LITTLE ROCK — The Clinton Presidential Center will host “Lightning On Demand,” a Tesla-themed event that was arranged by Richard Wesley Mathias, of Hot Springs Village, founder and president of the Tesla Coil Museum Exhibit Program, on Saturday.
The event is sponsored by the Museum of Discovery of Little Rock; Mathias donated a Bi-Polar Musical Tesla Coil at the museum in 2015 that earned a Guinness World Record designation, according to a news release.
The event will feature the “World’s Largest Tesla Coil” which, at 40 feet tall, shoots 60-foot bolts of lightning, Mathias said in the release.
“Greg Leyh, a California electrical engineer and scientist, completed construction of the 40-foot coil tower in October 2018 and will display its awesome capabilities during a 45-minute program which starts at 8:45 p.m.,” Mathias said.
“This amazing coil has been demonstrated at the Wardenclyffe Tesla Science Center in Shoreham, N.Y., and California. Recently, Greg Leyh demonstrated a similar size coil in Tasmania where over 100,000 attended,” he said.
The free event will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday on the grounds of the Clinton Presidential Center. Food trucks will be featured, and beer and other beverages will be available for purchase starting at 6 p.m.
“I am thrilled to have arranged for this once-in-a-lifetime electrifying program for Arkansas. The coil produces 3.1 million-volts at 240,000 watts,” Mathias said.
Attendees are welcome to bring camp chairs, lawn chairs and blankets. Coolers and outside food and drinks, other than water, will not be permitted. Disposable earplugs will be available at no charge.