Re: kVA Effects on Discovery Channel

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Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com 

One does not absorb voltage cumulatively over one's lifetime, but the
deterioration of one's health *is* cumulative over a series of
injury-causing
electrical shocks.  This is what the Discovery Channel was stating.  This
guy was lucky to survive the cumulative injuries of the effect of 4
lightning strikes
over his lifetime.

Overall, it was a very humorous program and entertaining.  And the blatant
scientific errors throughout the program just added to its
entertainment value (for us smart enough to recognize the errors.)

Dan


 > One does not "absorb" voltage cumulatively over one's lifetime.
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 > The lightning guy's survival was neither miraculous nor unexplainable
 > -- he never took a direct lightning strike, only multiple instances of
 > much less energy dissipation.
 >
 > Flash powder under the telephone? Wasn't the Tesla coil impressive
 > enough on it's own? I like pyro (I *am* a pyro), but not when it's
 > used deceptively and moronically. Plus, did the vaporizing wire
 > actually produce that smoke cloud on it's own? Not consistent with my
 > experience.
 >
 > Overall, I was pleased to see a huge Tesla coil on TV but I was sorely
 > disappointed with the quality of the program. Hate to sound like an
 > old geezer at age 21, but this kind of crap is the reason America's
 > children don't pay attention to science and technology these days.
 > Society tells them the details aren't important and they don't have to
 > understand it or know anything about it.
 >
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 > Mike Poulton
 > MTP Technologies
 > mpoulton-at-mtptech-dot-com
 > KC0LLX (70cm AM ATV, 33cm/12cm FM ATV, Omaha, NE)
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