Zap-Cap for whole house protection?
Apr 12, 2021 23:34:42 #
Longshadow wrote:
Took a white, but finally found it...
Static charges bleed off pointed objects much faster than round objects (like the top ball on a Van de Graaff generator to save the static charge.)
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/65825/does-a-lightning-rod-prevent-lightning-strikes
Static charges bleed off pointed objects much faster than round objects (like the top ball on a Van de Graaff generator to save the static charge.)
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/65825/does-a-lightning-rod-prevent-lightning-strikes
That only applies at very short distances. As i have mentioned earlier, Static wicks on an airplane uses that principle to dissipate the charge into the air. For lightning that is generated by disturbance in the atmosphere kilometers away from the lightning rod, it is the other way around. Properly designed & installed, they do however will more likely create a leader that will connect with the one going down and complete the path.
A fault in his explanation is that Electricity will always travel on the route with the least resistance. He forgot to consider electrons will dissipate quickly in the soil. So it is near impossible for a local location in the ground to be highly polarized much less the need to dissipate that imbalance through a lightning rod.
The air however is highly dielectric so a local massive polarization in it is easier to achieve.
Apr 13, 2021 07:35:55 #
Wallen wrote:
That only applies at very short distances. As i ha... (show quote)
Still applies,
we're done.
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