So lets say you are going on an early spring paddle on Lake Superior. It is a sunny 50F day and the water temp is 48F with very calm conditions. You get off the phone with your buddy that is 20 minutes away so you start putting on your dry suit and other safety gear/clothing. Your buddy finally arrives and you have to decide which boat to use. You have a WS Tsunami 140 and a WS Tarpon 140. Other than the different dimensions which boat would you use and why?
they detect them with a microwave detector schmagiggy and the use them to heat things up such as popcorn and hungry man dinners.
This is the number you need. Under a relative humidity of about 40%, the minimum voltage required to produce a spark is 30 kV/cm which means that at a distance of 1 cm there will be an arc if the voltage is more than 30kV, there will be a spark in air. So, make sure that is not you. This value changes dramatically with the relative humidity so if you are in Florida, be aware cause it will be lower. Make sure that you are properly insulated and NOT grounded; you don't want to become a short path for the high voltage to ground. There should be a properly grounded metal rod around so that if there is an accidental surge of high voltage, it goes there and not through you. Having a wire that directly connects to water piping is a good thing to have close by.
