a guy named benjamin franklin had tried this experiment, but i am wondering, if there's any kind of device that can actually absorb the lightning bolts from a thunder storm and use it as a source for electricity.
Thanks for answering.
2006-11-14 12:18:31 · 4 answers · asked by sammy c 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
That would be an enormous capacitor to be built, and yet the charge of a lighting bolt will vaporize such a huge capacitor, the answer is no, it not possible..☺
2006-11-14 12:46:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At present time, there is no way of storing electricity from lightning. The voltage of a lightning bolt is so large that there has not been a way of measuring it (at present all attempts have been destroyed by the strike). Without knowing the voltage,power and type of electricity that lightning generates, a storage device cannot be designed.
2006-11-14 21:08:43 · answer #2 · answered by taz_dad296 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't be out in a storm with a kite if I were you
2006-11-14 20:26:33 · answer #3 · answered by kissybertha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES IT IS POSSIBLE IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT AND CAPACITY FOR SUCH AN ENORMOUS POWER.
2006-11-14 20:53:15 · answer #4 · answered by CELIA 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋