the power of lightning

[Googer]

Originally posted by:Eli
Yes, but you would need Chuck Norris.

Or a ZapCap.

http://www.zapcap.com/ZCHMTheSystem.cfm


:music:"Everybody was king-fu fighting, fast as lighning...." :music:

 

[Pardus]

i found out the guy whose tv got zapped had no cable protection, he had a regular monster brand surge protector that he got at best buy, now in the trash, replaced it with this


F9A1033-12
Belkin PUREAV ISO 4720J 300KCEW 10OUTS 12FT CORD COAX
(SKU: F9A103312)

thanks for all the feedback, the he-man bit was funny.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: ActiveX
i found out the guy whose tv got zapped had no cable protection, he had a regular monster brand surge protector that he got at best buy, now in the trash, replaced it with this


F9A1033-12
Belkin PUREAV ISO 4720J 300KCEW 10OUTS 12FT CORD COAX
(SKU: F9A103312)

thanks for all the feedback, the he-man bit was funny.

An average bolt of negative lightning carries a current of 30-to-50 kiloamperes(kA), although some bolts can be up to 120kA, and transfers a charge of 5 coulombs and 500 megajoules (enough to light a 100 watt light bulb for 2 months).

An average bolt of positive lightning carries a current of up to 300 kiloamperes (about ten times as much current as a bolt of negative lightning), transfers a charge of up to 300 coulombs, has a potential difference up to 1 gigavolt (a thousand million volts), lasts for hundreds of milliseconds, and dissipates enough energy to light a 100 watt lightbulb for up to 95 years.

I hope he doesn't get hit again.

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: Raduque

Originally posted by: quasarsky

Originally posted by: preslove
Lightning is quite powerful. If you take a sword and point it into the sky while yelling "I HAVE THE POOOOOWWWWEEERRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!," lightning will strike the sword and TURN YOU INTO FREAKIN' HE-MAN, DUDE!!!

zomg!

They actually made a He-man movie? I thought it was a cartoon only.

Yup, with Dolph Lundgren and Courtney Cox. Text

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: preslove
Lightning is quite powerful. If you take a sword and point it into the sky while yelling "I HAVE THE POOOOOWWWWEEERRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!," lightning will strike the sword and TURN YOU INTO FREAKIN' HE-MAN, DUDE!!!

LMAO;


http://www.badmovies.org/movies/mastersu/mastersu5.wav

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: ActiveX
we had some really nasty lightning strikes here in nyc the past few days, guy i know said his 36" lcd tv got zapped and died by one such strike even though he had a heavy duty apc surge protector on it.

if your house should get hit by lightning, will anything stop it from frying your pc/tv, etc? like a ups or line conditioner. people tell me that no matter what you use to protect your electronics, lightning always wins. even if the computer/tv is off at the time.

so i ask, the smart people on this bbs, is this true ?

Topic Title: the power of lightning
Topic Summary: can it be stopped from toasting electronics

Nothing man makes can withstand a direct hit.

Way too many Amps.

 

[aircooled]

you said "BBS", I just flashed back to 1985