Re: Official air breakdown voltage?

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Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

At 11:35 AM 11/26/2005, Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: "JT Bowles" <jasotb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Got it. Thanks, but 30KV/cm is still massive amounts of power for so 
> little space.
> Current definately affect sparks the most, I'd say.
Volts isn't power... it's easy to charge yourself up to several tens 
of kV and produce a nice air spark to a doorknob, but there's not a 
lot of energy.

Voltage is what gets the spark started, current is what makes it hot.