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Electricity from Lightning

06/12/2010 12:37 PM

What is the nature of electricity from lightning? Is it AC or DC? Could it be stored and then used to power electric cars?
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Re: Electricity from Lightning

06/12/2010 12:52 PM

Well, is it lightning or lighting?

Lighting.

or lightning?
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Re: Electricity from Lightning

06/12/2010 1:22 PM

Please check this recent thread ...

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/55751#newcomments

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Re: Electricity from Lightning

06/12/2010 10:15 PM

Lightning is Fast Transient DC. As regards storage of the same, very recently there has been a lot of discussions in this forum. Please do a search.
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Re: Electricity from Lightning

06/13/2010 3:24 PM

What is the nature of electricity from lightning?

Try Wikipedia first, please.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning

Also see previous threads on CR4 regarding why you cannot safely and practically capture, store and use lightning.

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