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Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: The Need for Grounding

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: The Need for Grounding
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 10:23:36 -0800
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On Thu,1/14/2016 8:49 AM, Kelly Taylor wrote:
The important thing to remember is electricity doesn’t follow the shortest path 
somewhere, it follows the path of least resistance.

NO -- it follows the path of least IMPEDANCE, which is the path of least INDUCTANCE, which is the SHORTEST path. Resistance matters ONLY to the extent that a low resistance takes longer to vaporize, so the path able to carry the strike for more of its duration. THAT'S why we want BIG conductors.

73, Jim K9YC

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