A very similar topic came up on another piercing forum. The suggestions were to replace the metal jewelry with nonconductive materials. That's what I was thinking, too, but neither my nor the others' suggestions/opinions were based off of personal experience.

Hi there,
Thanks for your reply. Certainly nonconductive materials would work, but since these guys both have ladders, that would be a lot of work!

I think that if an electric shock went from one piece of jewelry to another in that area, even low voltage, or even worse a electrostatic build-up would really get one's attention. I would like to hear from them when they try electric play.

Strictly speaking, I see no difference in touching yourself with an electrified barbell and electrifying one inside your body. It is bound to hurt either way. The main question would be if the current would travel to the jewelry itself. I know some people have reported pain in silver dental fillings after being electrocuted. So, anecdotally, I would say it may present a risk.

Thanks for your reply to my post.

I think with electrical play the pain is part of the plan--the questions and concerns are that of harm--which isn't part of the plan.

By the way, I notice that you have your PA planned. If you wanted to watch me perform this piercing (and see that the tube doesn't have to be overly large) you can find it here in my clips store:

http://clips4sale.com/10557

Take care and good luck!
Elayne

I have many years in electronics/electricity. Felt sensations will be a function of the voltage applied thru the circuit, in this case a penis complete with a ladder. The ladder won't change the overall circuit resistance much at all. I can't see that any number of piercings would have any effect other than providing the pleasure derived from having PDB's. (I am assuming that the voltage being applied is a low voltage source, Don't plug into a wall socket)

I received the comment above by email along with this addition:

If they are to use high voltage discharge zappers, then their piercings will conduct much better than skin, and the feelings will be more intense, but the current will remain very low, so there won't be any risks what so ever, (burns or heating of the jewellery), just a bit better of a target. Will probably add to the festivities.

Thanks to everyone who added to the discussion on this subject.

From a physics standpoint, I see no distinction between the metal in the electrodes and the metal of the jewelry. If you're attaching the electrodes to the jewelry, then the jewelry just acts as an extension of the electrodes themselves. I would think that the main difference would be that the contact patch using electrodes alone is pretty small, whereas attaching the electrodes to the jewelry creates a larger area of contact.

While checking the output of a magnetron I hit the exciter leads with my ring. This was -13,000vdc at 2000 pps and it came out at my elbow which was resting on the case. My let arm was useless for about two hours. That was high voltage with almost no current. If you can remember high school science classes where they used a hand held generator to throw an arc. Those were used with glass tools on the ends by physicians years ago for what purpose I do not know But these are used for the corona discharge by them what are into shall we say kinky sex play in the genital areas of both sexes.