Edit post

Edit your reply below.

Post Body
Enter your post below.
Either way.. Lightning would msot likely not strike a Train Because: Let's say the lighning is postivively charged: A) the train tracks are positively charged, therfore the magnetic field it emits is Posotive and putting 2 posotives together is like putting to magnets together at points S and S .. what happens.. they repel each other.. so Lightning would NOT, as I previously stated) be attracted to Tracks Let's say the lightning is Negatively charged: The current travellign through a rail.. is.. i'm not quite sure of the EXACT I/E ( I = Current intensity, AKA amperage, E = Volts) however, opposite poles ARE attracted to each other, but the low voltage travalling through the tracks (I'm assuming it's a low voltage, if it isn't, then it's the LOW amperage) either one of those factors, the LOW E, or the LOW I, cause a very weak Magnetic field, and the lightning would much rather come into contact with A higher, more prodominant, metallic object, such as a powerline (If the lightning Charge is Negative) Negative lighning charges are rare, You are surrently sitting, on the negative battery if the world was one giant battery, everyhting would be negative.. thats why power lines are in the air, or under ground insulated From the ground.. Negative lightning Rarely strikes ground because of (-)(-) the TWO negative charges! rememebr same poles Repel each other. Now, in as much electrical studies i have done, everyone knows that they have 3 wires comming from the power lines the black one: 120 V The red one: 120 V The bare one: the Standerdized ground (AKA white wire) note: lots of power companies don't color code them on the telephone poles black and red, they are mostly black and black. Between the Black and the ground, or the red and the ground you get 120 Volts. Between the black and the Red you get 240 Volts, for heating Devices, stoves.. blah blah.. all major appliances. now, i already posted this paragraph, but if the black or red wire come into contact with the Ground, you get a "Ground out" and the fuse blows. done that a LOT of times. in all my years, ive never contacted the 2 live wires directly.. if anyone has, please share your expierience, i'd love to know what happens. Heres a quick fact.. let's say you have an oven that runs on 30 Amps, 240 Volts... if you were to take the same oven and run it on.. 120 volts, it would need 60 amps to operate.. it's simple. half the voltage, twice the amperage (AC ccurrent)
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag