Re: TC & Lightning

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Original poster: Matthew Smith <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au> 

Tesla list wrote:
>Original poster: "mercurus2000" <mercurus2000-at-cox-dot-net>
>Hmm, how high up were you able to fly the kite? I have a 50 feet length of
>insulated wire running parallel to the ground at a elevation of 10 feet.
>With it I can only get about 10 volts max on a voltmeter while the storm's
>overhead.

Could it be that all the charge is draining through the voltmeter?  I'd 
have thought that you'd need something with a HUGE input impedance for this.


-- 
Matthew Smith
Kadina Business Consultancy
South Australia