kivihiili@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 month agobig 500 000 volt arulecfiles.catbox.moevideomessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down10
arrow-up1140arrow-down1videobig 500 000 volt arulecfiles.catbox.moekivihiili@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareGriffus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·30 days agoOK, a cable broke, but the power is still going from one side to the other, right? Right?
minus-squarekivihiili@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·30 days agoin the realm of high voltage, everything is a wire
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·30 days agovery inefficiently i guess. air has larger resistance than cable so it heats up a lot when current flows through it, which is why it’s glowing hot plasma in the first place. (also the plasma is what makes the air slightly more conductive)
OK, a cable broke, but the power is still going from one side to the other, right?
Right?
in the realm of high voltage, everything is a wire
very inefficiently i guess. air has larger resistance than cable so it heats up a lot when current flows through it, which is why it’s glowing hot plasma in the first place. (also the plasma is what makes the air slightly more conductive)