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Originally Posted by Nitack
Last night I saw the static electricity bridge a quarter to half an inch of air gap in a dark room. There is power there...
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Thought you might enjoy our thread on lightning, as well as this part of it from post #36 on collecting the power from lightning.
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Lightning
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- Electric Skies - Thunderstorms and Lightning
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FS: Can we make use of lightning in terms of power?
EW: If lightning occurred in one place in a predictable manner day in and day out, the harnessing of its energy might be seriously considered. Such is not the case. Lightning does strike twice in the same place, but extremely infrequently. To harness the energy, the lightning must strike an electrode connected to a very robust bank of electrical capacitors. One captured strike would deliver at most 10^8 joules. This would provide enough energy to power one electric hairdryer for about ten hours. So clearly, a large number of captured flashes would be needed to supply the energy needs of just a single household.
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