The reason for DC over AC is lower transmission losses. They have experimented with lines up to 1 million volts in the U.S. and we do have some lines running DC now in the states.You can blaim Thomas
Actually, while I completely agree with those who feel Tesla was short changed by history, it's the other way around. Edison's electric grid was DC; it was Tesla who championed AC. 73 - JC, K0HPS The
Losses are about the same inasmuch as they try to keep the reactive power flow in the line minimized, and for active power, IR loss is IR loss, whether it's DC or AC. Skin effect is there, but probab
It was actually Edison (DC) versus Westinghouse (AC) with Westinghouse using Tesla's AC patents and Tesla as a consultant. The electric chair was to replace hanging as the method of choice for execut
I seem to recall someone telling me that the Sylmar link was capable of single-ended operation against a ground return? Mike W4EF............................. ________________________________________
Yes.. actually a sea return. There's a bunch of "ground electrodes" in the ocean, at least at the southern end. A 48 km transmission line connects them. One of those links describes it. _____________
Does one not want to be out in those waters in their aluminum rowboat when they switch to the sea return ground-only mode? -- Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E ... somewhere in FL URL: bibleseven (dot) com __
Another interesting (and macabre) twist to Edison's marketing was that he hired schoolboy-thugs to kidnap small animals (dogs mostly) and then electrocuted them in public with AC, except he didn't sa
TT: Two points then I'm done: 1. The word <electrocution> didn't exist at the time of the Edison/Westinghouse battles. It had to be invented to describe the method of execution by electricity. 2. Edi