how many volts are in an average lightning bolt?
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100,000 volts for negative bolts\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning\n\nAn average bolt of positive lightning ... up to 1 gigavolt (a thousand million volts)
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what do you like to do? a dry cell normally is 1.5volts. if you want to make a 4.5 volt supply, connect the negative of one to the positive of the next and also the third. the positive of the first and the negative of the third will give you 4,5 volts. for higer voltage, increase the number of dry cell.
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There are eight diffrent kinds  of lightning \nthere is a upward stroke but the first is downward  so your both right but the down comes first......\n the website below has all the info on lightning all eight kinds. I hope it was a good bet to win..
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Although it may be plausible to arrest (and use) lightning, it is an awesome force, unpredictable and lethal too.  There are often several strikes in quick succession following the initial ionized path.  See the link for other statistics.  Lightning also seeks the easiest path to ground and may be difficult to direct and evenly divide.  The voltage surge must be divided and reduced to never exceed the maximum allowed voltage of the capacitors to prevent damage.  Splitting the cable will likely divide the available current, but not the available voltage which may be millions of volts between your target and ground.  You can plug two devices into a wall outlet and several more devices on the same circuit within a room (that 'split' the wire) and all will 'see' the same voltage (unless you exceed rated current and blow a fuse).  Capacitors are often thin layers of foil wrapped with insulating paper between the foils (not much of a gap to arc across).  Good luck!
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Joules\n\nThis is taken as standard
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That would be an enormous capacitor to be built, and yet the charge of a lighting bolt will vaporize such a huge capacitor, the answer is no, it not possible..☺
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no, its a myth.  lightning is attracted to tall objects and metal objects (like lightning rods) so these get hit more often.
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The current in a lightning bolt is as high as 30,000 Amperes with 1,000,000 or more Volts. The short duration of about 1-100 milliseconds limits, but doesn’t prevent injury. There are several mechanisms of lightning injury. The most severe is a direct strike, either on the victim or on some object the victim is holding such as a golf club, tripod or umbrella. A “side flash” occurs when lightning hits a nearby object and jumps to the victim. Ground current injures the victim when lightning strikes the ground nearby and it spreads to the person. Rarely, people maybe injured or killed indoors while using the telephone or taking a shower.
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you have  power = voltage*current   \n\nhere current  = 1500/120 = 12.5 amperes \n\nAn ampere = 1C/s = 6.24 10^18 electric charge of one electron\n\nso in 600 s you have  = 12.5 *600*6.24 10^18  = 4.68 10^22
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1 Ah = 1000mAh\n\ntherefore 20 x 50mAH = 6 volts at 1000mAh.\n\nHow many volts did you want?
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Lightning is one of the oldest observed natural phenomena on earth. At the same time, it also is one of the least understood. While lightning is simply a gigantic spark of static electricity (the same kind of electricity that sometimes shocks you when you touch a doorknob), scientists do not have a complete grasp on how it works, or how it interacts with solar flares impacting the upper atmosphere or the earth's electromagnetic field.\nLightning has been seen in volcanic eruptions, extremely intense forest fires, surface nuclear detonations, heavy snowstorms, and in large hurricanes. However, it is most often seen in thunderstorms.At any given moment, there can be as many as 2,000 thunderstorms occurring across the globe. This translates to more than 14.5 MILLION storms each year. NASA satellite research indicated these storms produce lightning flashes about 40 times a second worldwide.This is a change from the commonly accepted value of 100 flashes per second which was an estimate from 1925. Whether it is 40, 100, or somewhere in between, we live on an electrified planet.\n\nThe Sound of Thunder\nRegardless of whether lightning is positive or negative, thunder is produced the same way. Thunder is the acoustic shock wave resulting from the extreme heat generated by a lightning flash. Lightning can be as hot as 54,000°F (30,000°C), a temperature that is five times the surface of the sun! When lightning occurs, it heats the air surrounding its channel to that same incredible temperature in a fraction of a second.\n\nLike all gases, when air molecules are heated, they expand. The faster they are heated, the faster their rate of expansion. But when air is heated to 54,000°F in a fraction of a second, a phenomenon known as "explosive expansion" occurs. This is where air expands so rapidly that it compresses the air in front of it, forming a shock wave similar to a sonic boom. Exploding fireworks produce a similar result.\n\nWhat is the difference between a thundershower and a thunderstorm?  \nTechnically, there is none. In general, the term "thundershower" tends to denote a fairly weak storm with light to moderate rainfall and low levels of lightning activity. However, there are no defined parameters that distinguish between a thundershower and a thunderstorm. In fact, in order to avoid confusion, we in the National Weather Service do not use the term "thundershower". If a shower is strong enough to produce lightning, even just one single bolt, it's called a thunderstorm.\n\nTo Learn More about Lightning and Thunder go to \nhttp://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/lightning/lightning_intro.htm\n\nLIGHTNING SAFETY A MUST READ\nLightning is the MOST UNDERRATED weather hazard. On average, only floods kill more people. Lightning makes every single thunderstorm a potential killer, whether the storm produces one single bolt or ten thousand bolts.\n\nIn the United States, lightning routinely kills more people each year than tornadoes and hurricanes COMBINED. Tornadoes, hail, and wind gusts get the most attention, but only lightning can strike outside the storm itself. Lightning is the first thunderstorm hazard to arrive and the last to leave.\n\nLightning is one of the most capricious and unpredictable characteristics of a thunderstorm. Because of this, no one can guarantee an individual or group absolute protection from lightning. However, knowing and following proven lightning safety guidelines can greatly reduce the risk of injury or death. Remember, YOU are ultimately responsible for your personal safety, and should take appropriate action when threatened by lightning.\n\nWhile no place is 100% safe from lightning, some places are much safer than others.\nWhere to Go Where NOT to Go \nThe safest location during a thunderstorm is inside a large enclosed structure with plumbing and electrical wiring. These include shopping centers, schools, office buildings, and private residences.\n\nIf lightning st
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In the standard atmosphere:\n\nON average the speed of sound is approximately 1100 ft per second....... so for every five seconds of delay from the flash of the lightning to the beginning of the thunder makes it (about) one mile away..
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neither just full of lightning...LOL! It's me 10 points.\neverything_sweet_npink♥
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It depends on the Voltage.   Imagine an electron (which has known charge q = 1.6x10^-19 and mass m = 9.11x10^-31) that is inside a wire which is a perfect conductor.   Since the electron will move in a perfect conductor, all the potential energy given by the power source (Voltage * electron charge) will transform into kinetic energy (K = (m*v^2)/2), so:\n\n(m*v^2)/2 = V*q     ;     where v is the speed of the electron and V is the voltage\n\nWith this we get:   v = (2*V*q/m)^(1/2)\n\nAll the electrons would move at this same speed, and so the "speed of electricity" is given by the above formula.   For a voltage of 110V, the kind we have at home, the speed would be:\n\nv = 6'216,016.3 m/s\n\nCompared to the speed of light:\n\nc = 300'000,000 m/s\n\nThis analysis is for didactic purpouses, since for such high speeds we would need to consider relativistic effects.   Also, remember that we don't have perfect conductors, so the actual "speed of electricity" at 110V would be a lot less than the value shown above.\n\nI hope this answer was good enough.   :)
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Yes, people have been killed by the electric shock from electric eels. A typical adult electric eel can generate up to 600 volts. That's enough to deliver 1 full amp of electrical current, and people can be electrocuted from far less than that.
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From a distance, lightning will come before the thunder.  But at the point of the bolt, they occur at the same time.\n\nFrom the source below:\n"Actually, they do occur at the same time. The time difference that you sense is due to the way sound and light travel. Light travels extremely fast (300,000,000 m/s). In fact, it is faster than anything else. Sound travels at a measly 343 m/s through air. Therefore we can see light in an instant, but it takes a while to hear thunder."
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Each drop of rain, or snowflake, carries a very tiny electrical charge as it falls.  When you get a concentrated amount of rainfall or snowfall in a local area with a lot of updraft/downdraft activity, as with a cumulonimbus cloud, whose height can top 60,000 feet, there is a large amount of electrostatic charge that builds up between the cloud and the ground, and also from cloud to cloud.  When the charge is huge enough to overcome the dielectric resistance of the air between, there's an arc, or discharge, of that static electricity, visible as lightning.  The thunder is the sound of that huge spark as it jumps the gap.  Since sound travels only about 760 MPH through air (approx. 1100 ft / sec), while light's speed 186000 MPS is so much faster, the delay in hearing the thunder is a good approximate indicator (in fifths of a mile), of how far away the lightning strike was.