Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried the PSU in my computer

Re:Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried t... by oakmad on Thursday May 05, 2022 @04:05AM (#31270806)

A lightning bolt carries a current upwards of 100,000 amps, and has upwards of 10 billion joules of energy.

How many gigawatts is that? I’ve a car I need to jump start.

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Re:Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried t... by me_me_me on Thursday May 05, 2022 @04:20AM (#31270894)

Enough to travel back in time afaik

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Re:Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried t... by gbraad on Thursday May 05, 2022 @05:11AM (#31271191)

Only at 88mph...

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Re:Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried t... by ASalazarMX on Thursday May 05, 2022 @12:42PM (#31275579)

As we don't have long cables, guess we'll have to time it perfectly.

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Re:Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried t... by MagnumOpus on Thursday May 05, 2022 @05:32AM (#31271307)

About 1,000 gigawatts peak power for a few microseconds, plenty to jump start your time machine.

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Re:Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried t... by WithinReason on Thursday May 05, 2022 @04:18AM (#31270886)

About 1.21 jigawatts

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Re:Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried t... by thraxil on Thursday May 05, 2022 @06:04AM (#31271479)

What the hell is a jigawatt!

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Re:Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried t... by thorin on Thursday May 05, 2022 @07:12AM (#31271894)

I guess you aren't ready for it, but your kids are gonna love it.

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Re:Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried t... by shmoe on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:16AM (#31274430)

Hey man if you ever have kids and one of them, when he's eight years old, accidentally sets fire to the living room rug -- go easy on him.

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