407,

I'm thinking the same. I think we should apply some resistance to get some positive feedback from this thread!

Or just go ohm and see watts for tea?

Yes...but definitely measured inputs compared to the first one.

So what's the point in having something that shows areas of triggered lightning if people don't use it?!?!

You lot should be grounded :p

All too much for me on a Faraday !:O

E.

They are maybe keeping information about this locked up in the volt !!

I wonder what the Charge for this was?

Did the lightning hit the fuse-lage or somewhere else?

Which bright-spark started the puns?

I think we have AMPle puns now people....

I am positive these negative posts are an attempt to ground the thread by shorting the input and shedding current output.

Sorry dave18 what on earth must you think of us....

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So was the damn thing struck or not?

Bellboy,

Do not get all charged up, someone will have a flashy and electrified response any moment!

Seems like a flash in the pan to me!

Franklin realized the dangers of using conductive rods and instead used a Helicopter. The increased height allowed him to stay on the ground and the Helicopter was less likely to electrocute him. Franklin kept the string to the Helicopter dry at his end to insulate him while the rest of the string was allowed to get wet in the rain to provide conductivity. A key was attached to the string and connected to a leyden jar which Franklin correctly assumed to accumulate electricity from the lightning bolt. The Helicopter wasn't struck by visible lightning, but Franklin noticed the strings of the Helicopter were repelling each other and deduced that the Leyden jar was being charged. Franklin reportedly received a mild shock by moving his hand near the key afterwards, because as he had estimated, lightning had negatively charged the key and the Leyden jar, proving the electric nature of lightning
Fearing that the test would fail or that he would be ridiculed, Franklin took only his son to witness the experiment with himself and published the accounts of the test in third person.

Good old Benjamin Franklin
Regards
RW

A highly charged debate ?

Everything is true. I was there accidentally in the fisherman boat (on fishing with friends) and I saw evth. The helicopter (red, white or sth like that) in the storm, lightning etc etc ...

But I don´t want to speak about that, no no :suspect:

JR

Lots of polarity in charges too it seems.