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Forum: General Sailing Forum

17-12-2004, 16:44

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LIGHTNING - Some new data.

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Posted By Alan Wheeler

Aluminium is the better conductor. The...

Aluminium is the better conductor.

The easiest way to think of Electricity and how it "flows" is use water and plumbing in your thinking. Water flowing through a pipe is just like Electricity....

Forum: General Sailing Forum

16-12-2004, 10:47

Replies: 17

LIGHTNING - Some new data.

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Posted By Alan Wheeler

Ahhh thanks Gord. Glad to see I am not on my own...

Ahhh thanks Gord. Glad to see I am not on my own in the Nerd department.:D
:cheers:

Forum: General Sailing Forum

15-12-2004, 23:08

Replies: 17

LIGHTNING - Some new data.

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Posted By Alan Wheeler

Ground strike lightening is the best understood....

Ground strike lightening is the best understood. The thing that goes up into the air is called a "Leader". It is not understood why and what it is exactly, but it is this "leader" that the strike...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

15-12-2004, 11:05

Replies: 17

LIGHTNING - Some new data.

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Posted By Alan Wheeler

Just a few notes. Yes it is true that the...

Just a few notes.
Yes it is true that the current will follow the path of least resisitance. But only if the conductor is big enough to carry all of it to ground. Thus you have to worry about...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

10-12-2004, 23:10

Replies: 17

LIGHTNING - Some new data.

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Posted By Alan Wheeler

Lightening is certainly a mysteriuose phenomena...

Lightening is certainly a mysteriuose phenomena and only a fraction of it understood.
I have a freind that is working in the feild of the ceramics on the shuttle. They have done extensive testing...

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