oldviolin wrote:

Actually a lot more to get a spark to jump the gap - just about 75,000 volts per inch (3000 volts per milimeter).  You can sustain an arc with less once you have ionized the air in the gap, but it takes a bunch to get it going. 

 Manbird wrote: 
Tell him you big baby. I don't care. You can even tell William.

you should get friendly with your Yamanaka factors
the sooner the better

 Manbird wrote:

Not when it's a hundred and fuck!

 Red_Dragon wrote:

Aye... you're a good lad. But you SHOULD be wearing at least 3 of them. As is what I tell all my customers.

 Manbird wrote:

I'm wearing a Manbirdio tee shirt and you're not. 

 oldviolin wrote:

No, YOU"RE a lot plus striking trees makes me noxixous and it's cruel. (I'm telling bill)

 Steve wrote:
If I remember correctly, electricity will jump through the air at 20 volts per millimeter or thousandth of a meter. If a lightning bolt is 20 kilometers in length you can do the math. It's a lot by the time it strikes a tree...

The minimum distance between a backhoe (or other equipment) and a 50 kV power line shall be 10 feet, plus 4 inches for each additional 1 kV.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I always fill my kettle with cold water because i read there's critters in the warm water pipes. 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

true! 

 miamizsun wrote:
That does explain a few things. Especially the British insistence that you only make tea by filling a kettle with cold water, making it seem as if the starting temperature makes some difference in the flavor.

 miamizsun wrote:

 Red_Dragon wrote:
i say cutts it out! (big screen it for the full effect)