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How fast does Electricity go?

Lina calculated the muzzle speed of a tesla coil gun to be Mach 1.61, but data such frecuency and tension or power of the coil remain unknown, so officialy electricity speed isn't tabulated but we use that value.

EDIT: Mach 1.634 as Liger linked.
 
Electromagnetic waves (the entire spectrum not just visible light) always travel at the speed of light in vacuum. For most wires it is typically on the order of 50-99% speed of light. While the drift velocity of electrons is much slower (0.0002 meters per second)
 
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