Volt and Ampere data?
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(2014-06-26, 21:48)Dale.Reid Wrote: JumpJack:

Just assume the voltage is high. Very high.

I get a hint at the amperage when watching the realtime map. When every station and some out in the ocean light up and point to a strike, I assume it was a whopper.

Dale
PS, Just being cute, but it is fun to consider the amount of energy in a strike.

I'm still fascinated by the 'crawlers' that seem to emminate from a cloud and crawl all over the bottom of it, without ever touching ground. Very cool stuff.

Several hundred million volts is typically quoted. But lightning is sometimes described as essentially a constant current source, that will develop nearly any voltage difference necessary to complete a circuit.
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Volt and Ampere data? - by jumpjack - 2014-06-26, 12:27
RE: Volt and Ampere data? - by Tobi - 2014-06-26, 18:09
RE: Volt and Ampere data? - by Dale.Reid - 2014-06-26, 21:48
RE: Volt and Ampere data? - by Jonathan.Williams - 2014-06-26, 22:56
RE: Volt and Ampere data? - by jumpjack - 2014-06-27, 07:53
RE: Volt and Ampere data? - by Bonzo - 2014-08-21, 17:32
RE: Volt and Ampere data? - by RichoAnd - 2014-06-27, 09:06
RE: Volt and Ampere data? - by cutty - 2014-08-20, 17:36

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