alt.energy.renewable

Eeyore wrote:
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> sno wrote:
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> > Eeyore wrote:
> > > sno wrote:
> > >
> > > > Wouldn't the skin effect tend to protect the cable....??
> > >
> > > Have you any other jokes you'd like to share ?
> > >
> > > Graham
> >
> > I do not see why my question was a joke...I would think
> > the extremely high rise and fall time of a lightning strike
> > could cause the electrons to flow on the outside of the
> > conduit (skin effect)
>
> And why would that stop a current flowing in a conductor inside it ?
>
> > If you are not familiar with the the term you might look here.
> >
> > /wiki/Skin_effect
>
> Yes, I know what it is.
>
> Graham

My thinking was that it would extenuate the current that would be
induced into the cable...because it would give two alternate
paths for current flow to ground (inside and outside of the conduit)-
I would think the only current in the cable would be caused by
the electromagnetic pulses.

thank you for listening to my thoughts...have fun....sno
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may not be.....
Is it any more dangerous then what we are doing
now.....???

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