Can electricity flow through air w/out sparking?

[Radium]

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

 

[The Ghost]

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

The problem is not that your posts seem redundant, the problem is that your
questions are inane.

 

[Bob Myers]

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.

"Breaking through the resistance of the air" IS ionizing
the air. In short, if there's a gas in between two points,
a "flow" of current/electrons between those points is
going to break that gas down. The only way to avoid
that is to not have any gas in the way - why do you think
those glowing glass things we used to use were called
"VACUUM tubes"?

PLEASE learn something about the fundamentals before
you ask any more questions like this.

Bob M.

 

[Radium]

"Breaking through the resistance of the air" IS ionizing
the air. In short, if there's a gas in between two points,
a "flow" of current/electrons between those points is
going to break that gas down. The only way to avoid
that is to not have any gas in the way - why do you think
those glowing glass things we used to use were called
"VACUUM tubes"?

PLEASE learn something about the fundamentals before
you ask any more questions like this.

Bob M.

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.

My bad.

 

[Mike Rieves]

"Breaking through the resistance of the air" IS ionizing
the air. In short, if there's a gas in between two points,
a "flow" of current/electrons between those points is
going to break that gas down. The only way to avoid
that is to not have any gas in the way - why do you think
those glowing glass things we used to use were called
"VACUUM tubes"?

PLEASE learn something about the fundamentals before
you ask any more questions like this.

Bob M.

Bob, he's a troll, he just asks stupid questions to get a rise out of us.
The best thing to do is killfile him, or at least ignore his posts. If you
do, hopefully, he'll go away.

 

[The Ghost]

Bob, he's a troll, he just asks stupid questions to get a rise out
of us.
The best thing to do is killfile him, or at least ignore his posts. If
you do, hopefully, he'll go away.

There's a swine mimicking a parrot in the room.

 

[Eeyore]

Hi:

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

Can electricity flow through air w/out sparking?

You haven't got the concept of electomagnetism yet have you ?

DC won't do that but you can sure get AC power through the air.

Graham

 

[Eeyore]

I thought electrons could
flow through a substance that is otherwise-resistant w/out causing
chemical changes [e.g. ionization] to the substance.

What you think is a waste of Usenet bandwidth.

Graham

 

[The Ghost]

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

If you want the troll to say, just keep feeding him.

 

[Alan B]

Can electricity flow through air w/out sparking?

No! No! NO!! Radio and TV transmission is impossible! Garage door
openers are a fire hazard and forbidden by law! Microwave power
transmission is a taboo fantasy, the engagement in subjecting the
practioner thereof to imprisonment in the most dire mental institutions!
FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE STOP NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE! DAMN IT MAN, THINK OF
THE *CHILDREN*!!

 

[notbob]

Can electricity flow through air w/out sparking?

Define flow.

 

[Radium]

Define flow.

Movement of electrons in a current?

 

[Radium]

You haven't got the concept of electomagnetism yet have you ?

DC won't do that but you can sure get AC power through the air.

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

 

[Radium]

No! No! NO!! Radio and TV transmission is impossible! Garage door
openers are a fire hazard and forbidden by law! Microwave power
transmission is a taboo fantasy, the engagement in subjecting the
practioner thereof to imprisonment in the most dire mental institutions!
FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE STOP NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE! DAMN IT MAN, THINK OF
THE *CHILDREN*!!

Alan, what you are referring to is electromagnetic radiation, not
electricity. The two are different from each other.

 

[notbob]

Movement of electrons in a current?

Define movement

 

[Alan B]

Alan, what you are referring to is electromagnetic radiation, not
electricity. The two are different from each other.

Do tell? I'm dying to hear this!

 

[Alan B]

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

No, it isn't.

 

[Eeyore]

Why can't DC flow through air?

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

Static from touching a TV screen is an
example of DC electricity moving through air.

No it isn't.

Graham

 

[Eeyore]

Alan, what you are referring to is electromagnetic radiation, not
electricity. The two are different from each other.

Bwahahahahaha !

 

[Eeyore]

Define movement

LMAO ! Nice move.