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> The engineering problem is to be able to input amps into a charge receptacle without it leaking away. But it was only coulombs of charge. 1 amp being equal to
by LeifCarrotson 8y ago
> The engineering problem is to be able to input amps into a charge receptacle without it leaking away. But it was only coulombs of charge. 1 amp being equal to 1 coulomb passing by in 1 second.
The problem with stating it in this way is that it sounds trivial - you run 1 amp devices all the time. But the power required is still many megawatts: as you try to feed charges into an oppositely polarized receptacle that is physically distant from the source, the required voltage climbs to levels usually associated with lightning. Good luck pushing an easy 1 amp against a gigavolt of potential...
- oldandtired 8y agoIt's the engineering problem that needs solving. However, that is not why I brought it up. It was simply an example of something that could massively overcome any gravitation effect with a small quantity of charge. The question to ask is, are there any reasonable situations that could arise in which gravity has no influence over the phenomena because its effects are completely swamped? Mayeb there are and maybe there aren't. Still something to investigate.