Tom Harper wrote:
I knew z machines were awesome, but this is amazing: 80 times the
world's electrical power usage (for a fraction of a second):
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060313.html
It is good to distinguish power (Watt-measured) and energy
(Joul-measure, or kWh, which is 3.6MJ).
AFAIR an average lightning (I'm NOT talking about HDS DASD) has a power
of 10GW (power installed in all polish plants is approx. 32-36GW).
However the energy of the lightning is approx. 1.2 kWh or less.
During some labour excercises I got over 250 000 Volts and approx. 1GW
from Marx generator.
BTW: Is it related to mainframe at all ?
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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