What is the voltage and amperage of an average lightning bolt?
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answers vary but his is the best answer I found “A typical lightning bolt contains 1 billion volts and contains between 10,000 to 200,000 amperes of current. The average flash would light a 100 watt lightbulb for 3 months. A typical lightning bolt contains 1 billion volts and contains between 10,000 to 200,000 amperes of current.” But it generally it is only for microseconds so actual power compared to what we use normally is inconsequential.
What I believe is that even though clouds generate enormous static voltages it is nowhere near enough to breakdown the large airgap. We and the atmosph...