30.000 Amp test lightning simulation

[Spoif]

Obviously using a BC108 to switch... LOL

[quantumbits]

Likely 30K Volts not 30 K Amps.

[HemishPtl]

Replay button got rapped....

[g3rrar1]

that was one sexy electric current.

[slava1000000]

отэта киннэтика

[anyparktos3]

Actually if for some reason this kind of current(30kA) went through a human body...Oh well,fine ash in microseconds(maybe less).

[somerandomutewb]

shit nigga u crazy

[xsasukaxuchihax]

That...was..the best two seconds ever. xD

[aplic24]

back to the future is true!!!!!!

[robinheil]

I like this video, short and to-the-point

[backwoodsBrophil]

Looks like 69Kv at about 8,000 Amps (limited) current; You can tell this isn't run directly from the plant, as the frequency of the arc drops (speed of remote generator drops), after a second or two of short circuit. A plants governors would have regulated in that time frame to increase the horsepower on the turbine and avoid that "drop". The lines move because of the tremendous magnetic field between them and other magnetic assemblies, your talking hundreds of megawatts here. Impressive...

[tannalv]

@backwoodsBrophil What are you? Some kind of power nerd? Some type of electricity nerd? How do you know this?? o.O

[backwoodsBrophil]

@tannalv .....Yes, I guess I am. I like power like a fat man loves french toast.

[bezeker12]

HADUKEN!!!!

[robertgift]

Why did the conductors move?

[gizmoguyar]

@robertgift Electromagnetic repulsion. kinda like how a rail gun works.

[ggova]

i love the sound!

[terrodar19]

ya i agree 30 000 amps is a LOT... prob 5 000 here or i dunno, but for sure would have destroyed those cables

[bjtaudio]

During the flash over, you can hear the generator slowing down, due to the very heavy load, of the arc. That arc flash travelling along the wires however does not appear to look like 30,000Amps (30 thousand)? looks like a few hundred amps at high voltage. At 30,000 amps I would have expected an explosive display with black smoke breaking and melting and vaporising the cables. Anyway is was an impressive display.

[BostonUrbEx]

Looks like a circus tent in the background.

I think the main attraction was the electrified tightwire walk!

[zzzzz9999zzzzz]

Класс!!!

[andyncfcgetshypedup]

Its like plucking a string on a bass guitar.. Nice Sound..

[dinosaursareextinct]

back to the future

[devildriver66621]

damb that cool

[zzTemiKzz]

красотища!!!

[freedon420]

@zzTemiKzz никто не может прочитать, потому что только английский люди читают это его просто scribbles нам

[GW373]

20 ? lol 20 amps will fry you

[dumle29]

@GW373 yes and??

[maxiking8496]

how much volt are this

[Xzun009]

Doesn't matter, 20 amps can kill you.

[taliban0king]

actually its 0.30 amps

[dumle29]

@taliban0king why?

[JJtheboatwizard]

@taliban0king he's right even less across the heart

[Driv3th3hiv3]

Will*

[frosty956]

The fault current available from most high tension transmission systems is easily many tens of kA. The cables wouldnt be vapourised instantly, we are talking cables that in normal duty can carry a few kA in some cases, they would be as thick as your wrist, or thicker, thats alot of thermal mass to heat to melting/boiling in less than a second, as for instant vapourization......no way

[9629885020]

Чемто на шаровую молнию было похоже

[ftynmik]

@9629885020 всё правильно, это тоже плазма;)

[SuperGGT]

Круто мне очень понравилась, как годовой трафик одной увартиры растворился за 1 секунду

[Muzicboxtecnotunez]

big flames! big flames! you get that through your body for only one second and you're a fried chicken with the fats dripping off, man....

[TheGrimm93]

@Muzicboxtecnotunez Im hungry now.

[wsetrecords]

Where can I get a pole pig?

[fullrangechris]

Who cares what the current is? We all know it is enought to kill you!

[Nopiw]

So you say its 3kA and "way more than 30kV" - let's say 100kV then.

That would be 300MWatt... for that tiny arc? haha, good one

[Nopiw]

30.000 Amp hahaha

maybe 30.000 Volts

[lilletizz]

30,000 Amps perhaps?

[Nopiw]

go die and stfu

[lilletizz]

o...k?

You have some serious problems.

[Nopiw]

and you're seriously dumb

[lilletizz]

For saying that it might be 30 Amps insted of 30.000 Amps/Volts.....?

[CJackSparrow79]

30.000 volts cant do that. it's 30kA period

[Nopiw]

poor clueless schmuck

believe what you want

[CJackSparrow79]

so explain us why here we have 30kV and not 30kA, Mr. Fermi Wannabe

[Nopiw]

Can you even imagine what 30kiloAmps are? I suppose no.

The wires in this video would melt in instantly at such a high current.

Whatever the real current is, it's way under 30.000A. I bet it's even under 100A.

[CJackSparrow79]

I think they're 20mm cables. And if it's not 30kA, it's 3kA. For sure they're way more than 30kV to do such a big electrical arc.

[BenHutchinson1]

Ok. Time to set things straight. Actually it takes LESS than 30kv to strike an arc. What determines the final length of an arc is Current times Voltage, which equals Power. higher power makes hotter plasma. Hotter plasma is more conductive so it can carry enough current to keep the plasma ionized and conducting even over a very long distance. That's how a "Jacob's ladder" works.

[BenHutchinson1]

In fact, with about 1kV and about 10mA (1 Watt of power), I can strike an arc at about half a millimeter and draw it out to about half an inch! At 30kV and just 10A (30kW of power!) I could probably strike an arc at half an inch (maybe an inch for sharp pointed electrodes) and draw it out to 10 FEET or more! That's what's happening here. So 30kA is NOT correct. It's most likely 30kV, and several Amps to maybe 30 Amps.

I've been reading books on electricity since I was a kid. So I ain't lying.

[DJGahann]

Fairly simple really, high voltage establishes the arc-over, the following established path of conductivity determines the current.

[BenHutchinson1]

Actually it's a bit more complicated. The impeadance of the transformer which the electricity is coming from determines the maximum current. The impedance is selected to make sure that while enough current can get to where it needs to go, it also is NOT high enough to melt the metal wires if a short occurs. And in a circuit with unlimited current capacity (0 impedance) a struck arc will also have 0 impedance, resulting in a complete short. But that didn't happen here, so current isn't 30kA.

[DJGahann]

Thanks for the breakdown :-) high voltage is a science in its own right!

[TCDIL95]

fkn hell 30 KiloAmps!

[pmgodfrey]

Short - but sweet!

[mumish13]

30 KiloAmps! lol nice vid!

[mrkiky]

OMG