@kessyathena Proper grounding requires the shield to go INTO ground. Humans are generally more conductive than ground and path of least resistance may easily go through humans legs event if the charge is already on ground. And that’s without taking into account the mechanism the ghosts uses to control the electricity …
@HKMaly: If the shield is grounded it will essentially become a lightning rod and the arcing charge will hit it and go to ground. If the shield is insulated from the ground (such as if it’s floating in mid air) the arc will hit it and charge will build up until there’s enough potential to overcome the resistance of it discharging into something else. That can take several forms, depending on what exactly is in the local environment. The general rule is that excess charge will take the path of least resistance to ground. So you could get arcing from the shield either to the ground.or to other objects in the vicinity. If the shield is resting on an insulator you could get high voltage current being forced through the insulator – which generally involves the insulator melting, catching on fire, or other bad things happening to it. You could get something called a corona discharge where the current essentially dissipates into the air.
Of course, all of this is real world physics, and since we’re talking about ghosts having magical battles…
This is why I love this forum. You get all sorts of people, some throwing out crazy ideas, others explaining the science, or technology behind it.
(Now that I “finally have a username/ started using it. I was ‘most’ of the “Anonymous” posts since “The Thanatos Incident” I hesitate to say all since I’m sure there are other Anonymous users, and I don’t feel like going back to check)
Actually, excess charges always flow along the outside of a conductor. This is because like charges repel each other, and will thus always distribute themselves to be as far apart as possible. So if you completely surround yourself with metal (or any other conductor) you are basically completely protected from electric currents or arcing. This is called a Faraday cage and is the reason they tell you that if you’re caught outside in a thunderstorm you should get in a car.
@kessyathena Proper grounding requires the shield to go INTO ground. Humans are generally more conductive than ground and path of least resistance may easily go through humans legs event if the charge is already on ground. And that’s without taking into account the mechanism the ghosts uses to control the electricity …
@HKMaly: If the shield is grounded it will essentially become a lightning rod and the arcing charge will hit it and go to ground. If the shield is insulated from the ground (such as if it’s floating in mid air) the arc will hit it and charge will build up until there’s enough potential to overcome the resistance of it discharging into something else. That can take several forms, depending on what exactly is in the local environment. The general rule is that excess charge will take the path of least resistance to ground. So you could get arcing from the shield either to the ground.or to other objects in the vicinity. If the shield is resting on an insulator you could get high voltage current being forced through the insulator – which generally involves the insulator melting, catching on fire, or other bad things happening to it. You could get something called a corona discharge where the current essentially dissipates into the air.
Of course, all of this is real world physics, and since we’re talking about ghosts having magical battles…
This is why I love this forum. You get all sorts of people, some throwing out crazy ideas, others explaining the science, or technology behind it.
(Now that I “finally have a username/ started using it. I was ‘most’ of the “Anonymous” posts since “The Thanatos Incident” I hesitate to say all since I’m sure there are other Anonymous users, and I don’t feel like going back to check)
So, if a metal user is defending by completely surrounding himself with metal he’s protected. However, if he forms shield in front of himself …
Actually, excess charges always flow along the outside of a conductor. This is because like charges repel each other, and will thus always distribute themselves to be as far apart as possible. So if you completely surround yourself with metal (or any other conductor) you are basically completely protected from electric currents or arcing. This is called a Faraday cage and is the reason they tell you that if you’re caught outside in a thunderstorm you should get in a car.