Lightning Revisited [RE-wrenches]

[Drake Chamberlin]

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Hi Antony,

Well, you are right about the current direction being opposite in two wires 
that are connected to form a circuit, that is exposed to magnetic flux.  I 
went back to the books and got engineering advice.  The current will go 
around the circuit as you stated.

We are going to attempt to get data on fields from lightning, and do the 
math on different scenarios to see what the potential damage might be for 
parallel wires in the same pipe or cable.  As you stated, twisted wires 
should not have any problem.

Thanks,

Drake

At 08:42 AM 4/17/02 -0700, you wrote:
>This INDUCES a current around
>the circuit, so that the current is going one way in one wire, and the
>opposite way in the other wire.  It does not cause a rise in voltage at
>the same rate along the length of the wires.

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