sorry, my conductors are wires not plates
But If I simply divide votlage I find that at 13200 volts the distance is only 4.4 mm and I find it really hard to believe that I can get a wire at 13kV that close to ground without it arcing
[FONT="Georgia"][FONT="Times New Roman"]I’m trying to determine the how close 2 parallel infinitely long cylindrical conductors can get before they will arc together. Assume the conductors will be separated only by air, and I know that the Dielectric Strength of air is 3x10^6 V/m. So I figured...