[TenTec] station power supplies

[wade staggs]

*Thank Goodness for Mr. Tesla, How could a man that Smart, die without a
penny to his name? I have read that some of the Water Turbines and
Generators originally installed at Niagara Falls, are still running. And
here it is 100 years later.........*

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Jerry Haigwood <jerry at w5jh.net> wrote:

> Thank goodness Westinghouse beat out Edison on that one...
> Jerry W5JH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Brown
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 2:36 PM
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] station power supplies
>
> On 9/7/2012 12:15 PM, chacuff wrote:
> > istribute DC power through our homes for lighting and avoid the
> > inefficiencies in the crazy power supplies
>
> Don't forget Ohm's Law.  The reason we use AC  for power distribution is
> that it can be transformed to the voltage needed to keep wire loss low.
> Low voltage DC is fine if copper is free. :)
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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