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    Could a Lightning Rod Power Your Home? A Crazy Idea Explored

    I give you the conductor "the end of the pipe" w/ a fresh bolt of L coming out. how are you going to convert that voltage into Water vapor ? What if I delivered 27 doses of L randomly in a 27 min. window, could you convert all that energy (or most of it) into Water vapor? How much energy is in...
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    Controled electric energy extraction from clouds

    I give you the conductor "the end of the pipe" w/ a fresh bolt of L coming out. how are you going to convert that voltage into stored H ? What if I delivered 27 doses of L randomly in a 27 min. window, could you store all that energy (or most of it) ?
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    Can We Harness Lightning to Generate Energy?

    Hydrogen production from lightning?
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    Affordable Red Laser Beam: Tips and Recommendations for Straight Light

    straight red laser beam Its a good thing your looking for a straight red laser beam , those curved ones aren't cheep.
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    Can We Harness Lightning to Generate Energy?

    Cliff- Your biggest problem is likely the inductance of the wire itself as a straight piece of wire, much less the wire wound in a coil. Avoiding the heat problem seems to be a simple problem unless I am missing something ( wouldn't be the first time). The questions I can't answer myself are...
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    Can We Harness Lightning to Generate Energy?

    FROM CLIFF_J First off would be how quickly the charge transfer occurs with a lightning bolt. One discharge lasts only 60uSec according to the link below. would rapid charge transfer cause explosive acceleration of the solenoid in our hypothetical tower ? what happens to all that heat...
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    Can We Harness Lightning to Generate Energy?

    envision a hollow tower w/ a leading edge technology wind turbine @ the top, leaving the tower a lightning rod mast , inside the tower the solenoids, one on guide rails extending to the top of the tower. the lightning rods insulated ground w/ appropriate gage wire cable runs down the tower and...
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    Can We Harness Lightning to Generate Energy?

    two very large solenoids (tons maybe ) Stacked vertically, very large capacity wire coil w/ iron core. upper solenoid attached to guide rails to keep its trajectory vertical. now introduce current I.E. lightning strike. how can one tell if the upper solenoid will be lifted or how far it would...
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    Can Electromagnets Survive a Lightning Strike?

    Well, if you are close enough to it, you would witness your own death or severe injury. Lightning redirected to travel the circuit of an electromagnet would likely cause serious overheating resulting in fused wires, and possibly even a small explosion. Assuming, for the sake of argument...
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    Can Electromagnets Survive a Lightning Strike?

    magnets up "I am more interested in your point that the high-inductance nature of the system is anathema to the lightning; even if a lightning rod attached to the hot end of the assembly, it seems likely that it would sooner make a second arc through the air than travel through such an arduous...
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    Is Your DIY EMP Device Safe to Use?

    Electromagnetism Electromagnetism hazards? what kind of electromagnet pulse might this proposal with the lightning bolt generate Microwave Joined: Oct 2003 Location: Posts: 267 [2.51 /day] Member #: 2848 Re: magnets quote: Originally posted by Leonardo ... two...
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    Can Electromagnets Survive a Lightning Strike?

    I am unfamiliar with the biot-savart law , for that mater unfamiliar with the particular behaviors and formulas needed for the precise forecasting of magnetic behavior beyond the very rudimentary . I am though quite curious about the feasibility of introducing the current of a lightning bolt to...
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    Can Electromagnets Survive a Lightning Strike?

    Lets say the magnets are stacked vertically at 1,000 feet above sea level on a New-Mexico lime stone Plato. Each of the one ton magnets coils receive an equal amount of current simultaneously. How much power would lift the upper magnet? How high could the average lightning bolt lift the magnet...
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    Can Electromagnets Survive a Lightning Strike?

    build two electromagnets, stack one on top of the other so that when they receive current they will repel each other. how far can you separate them? how much current will it take for maximum separation ? what difference does it make if they each way one gram or ten tons?
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