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What is the speculated voltage and amperage of a lightening bolt? Thank 4 any help.
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"A lightning bolt has over 1 million volts, and 5,000 and 20,000 amps." http://is.gd/HCb
-hellfroze (2Q / 199A)
Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:25pm
-hellfroze (2Q / 199A)
Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:25pm
The voltage depends on the length of the bolt, with the dielectric breakdown of air being three million volts per meter; this works out to approximately one gigavolt (one billion volts) for a 300 m (1000 ft) lightning bolt.
-Robot (28Q / 1172A)
Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:36pm
-Robot (28Q / 1172A)
Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:36pm
