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Danny
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Re: lightning conductor

13/05/2008 19:33

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Just consider a lightning bolt following a discharge cable through the boat at several million amps:

In the interests of accuracy I think a lightning strike is usually somewhere in the region of 10-20 thousand amps - but you still need a very good conductor to carry this much current for the brief instant of the strike.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
lightning conductor	meldrum	13/05/2008 17:39
Re: lightning conductor	Saltyjohn	13/05/2008 17:59
Re: lightning conductor	Captainslarty	14/05/2008 11:28
Re: lightning conductor	oldharry	13/05/2008 18:42
Re: lightning conductor	john_morris_uk	14/05/2008 07:14
Re: lightning conductor	Danny	14/05/2008 10:32
Re: lightning conductor	Danny	13/05/2008 19:33
Re: lightning conductor	mikehibb	13/05/2008 20:07
Re: lightning conductor	oldharry	13/05/2008 20:54
Re: lightning conductor	William_H	14/05/2008 02:25
Re: lightning conductor	Saltyjohn	14/05/2008 08:36
Re: lightning conductor	Saltyjohn	13/05/2008 19:09

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