I have a Colt M4 Carbine and it says it shoots 5.56 mm, but, i was wondering can I fire 223 round out of it too or what.
If you used sand paper on the ends to get burrs out and your sure the pipe is round than it could only be cheap pipe that isn't completely round, maybe to the eye. Some, granted, are tight and need a tap but, normally you can push a fitting in without to much ado.
No it shows intellect. Now here's whats really important to realize about the lightning rod. They need regular maintenance as if the wires become loose the electricity gets outside them and goes all over the structure which can burn the place down. Just because your a Christian doesn't mean you have to check your brain at the door. Now look close at the rod. It is pointed at the top. This so the rod can attempt to fulfill the clouds need for a positive charge. If it can't then the step leader is formed and the lightning strikes. The cable which leads from the rod must be properly grounded in order for the electricity to be dispersed safely there. Therefore it is very wise to maintain the lightning rod system. JESUS BLESS YOU david stotler
I suppose it has. Unfortunately lightning is very unpredictable and can vaporize anything most people can afford. To charge a battery you need to have a dc. You would need to run it through a rectifier and in order to prevent the rectifier from frying because of excessive peak inverse voltage(PIV) you would need to have two batteries connected to ground in enverse polarity charged by two diodes. If the strike is in one polarity it would charge one of the batteries and vicea versa. You would need to limit the current to a level that the wires, diodes, and battery didn't melt. A resistor and or inductor would satisfy this requirement but you would need to calculate its impedance and power rating knowing what the voltage and current capability (these limits are probably published somewhere) is. If you were able to accomplish this then the self discharge rate of the battery would probably be faster than the charge rate from this system because lightning events don't happen very often. Since you are thinking about ways to harness power you might be interested in studying fusion. In the last year or so demonstrations have been performed that contain arrays of 10 kW reactors that can deliver 10 MW of heat. Just do a web search for cold fusion and 1 MW fusion demonstration. These reactors use powdered nickle with minor addatives and hydrogen. This technology has proven to deliver much more energy than it uses. Lead encasing is required to block the radiation it produces. If this technology becomes prolific the price of nickle and lead will skyrocket. Fortunately there is a large supply of both elements.
Lets see, several million volts over a few microseconds. Naw! It won't charge a battery. It might blow it to He The few microseconds is a clue to why it son't work. Batteries need hours to charge. Microseconds just don't hack this.
