Can electricity flow through air w/out sparking?

[Greg Hansen]

Hi:

Please forgive my persistence on this topic of wireless electricity and
diaphragm-less speakers

Can electricity flow through air w/out sparking? I guess that it could
provided that the voltage is high-enough to break through the
resistance of air AND the wattage is low-enough that it does not ionize
or incandesce the air. Am I right? If so, could this high-voltage,
low-wattage electricity be used to reproduce intelligent sound [e.g.
music, speech, etc.] in the air itself?

Once again I apologize if my posts seem redundant.


Thanks,

Radium

Yes, electricity can flow through the air. But not in any way that
really matters. It's more like a leak than a flow. There's always some
ions floating around, and humidity makes it leak faster. Comb your hair
and pick up small bits of paper with your comb, and see how long it
takes the paper to fall. If electricity didn't leak through the air,
the paper would stay stuck.

This is different from a spark. When the air sparks, the resistance
goes down to basically zero and huge currents can flow. Without the
spark, it will only leak. Slowly.

 

[DJ Delorie]

Why don't you go learn ?

He's trying. Why don't you teach him?

 

[Radium]

Why don't you go learn ? Then you wouldn't have to keep asking stupid questions.
Are you simply lazy or just stupid ?


No it isn't.

Graham

The sparks of a stun gun is another example of DC current traveling
through air.

 

[Alan B]

He's trying. Why don't you teach him?

What would you like us to teach him?

 

[Alan B]

The sparks of a stun gun is another example of DC current traveling
through air.

No, it isn't.

 

[Radium]

No, it isn't.

How isn't it? No DC-to-AC converter is nearly small enough to fit into
such a small device as a stun gun.

 

[Alan B]

Yes, electricity can flow through the air. But not in any way that
really matters.

Oh, dear. Please see:

[email protected]

 

[Eeyore]

He's trying.

I have seen zero evidence of this.

Why don't you teach him?

For a fee presumably ?

Graham

 

[Eeyore]

What would you like us to teach him?

Usenetiquette ?

Graham

 

[Eeyore]

How isn't it? No DC-to-AC converter is nearly small enough to fit into
such a small device as a stun gun.

Eh ? Have you totally lost your marbles ?

Graham

 

[Alan B]

How isn't it? No DC-to-AC converter is nearly small enough to fit into
such a small device as a stun gun.

Why don't you tell me how it *is*? It is, after all, *your* example.

 

[Radium]

Why don't you tell me how it *is*? It is, after all, *your* example.

The power source for a stun gun is a battery [which is DC]. Since there
is no DC-to-AC converter, the current finally outputted from the stun
gun [i.e. the sparks] is DC.

 

[Radium]

Eh ? Have you totally lost your marbles ?

Graham

Really, even the smallest DC-to-AC converter -- in present technology
-- too large to fit into stun guns [which are pocket-sized].

 

[Alan B]

Why don't you tell me how it *is*? It is, after all, *your* example.

The power source for a stun gun is a battery [which is DC]. Since there
is no DC-to-AC converter, the current finally outputted from the stun
gun [i.e. the sparks] is DC.

That is incorrect. Sadly, in order to comprehend the correct answer, one
must understand mathematics, and here:

[email protected]

you have shown that your grasp of mathematics is insufficient, so it
appears to be of no use to try to explain. Sorry!

 

[jasen]

Sorry. Ionization causes the ionized object have a number of electrons
different from the object's native state. I thought electrons could
flow through a substance that is otherwise-resistant w/out causing
chemical changes [e.g. ionization] to the substance.

only conductors, when they flow through an insulattor they ionise it,

 

[jasen]

Really, even the smallest DC-to-AC converter -- in present technology
-- too large to fit into stun guns [which are pocket-sized].

30 years ago sugar-cube sized DC to AC converters were being made

Bye.
Jasen

 

[me]

Eh ? Have you totally lost your marbles ?

Graham

Really, even the smallest DC-to-AC converter -- in present technology
-- too large to fit into stun guns [which are pocket-sized].

You are mistaken. The DC from the battery is switched through a
transformer to become high voltage AC.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

What would you like us to teach him?

Start with "101 ways to get rid of usenet trolls"


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Greg Hansen]

Oh, dear. Please see:

[email protected]

The URL seems to be broken. What are you trying to tell me?

 

[Bob Myers]

Why can't DC flow through air? Static from touching a TV screen is an
example of DC electricity moving through air.

Not even close. It's an example of an electric
field being present, and that's ALL it is.

Bob M.