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Re: [TR] mystery strips & + ground

To: ZoboHerald@aol.com, Triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] mystery strips & + ground
From: Dave1massey@cs.com
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:58:42 EDT
In a message dated 7/12/2006 12:07:13 PM Central Standard Time, 
zoboherald@aol.com writes: 
> True; Edison was pretty smart. On the other hand, he "lost" the battle of 
> DC v. AC electrical power for powering and lighting homes and businesses to 
> George Westinghouse and friends. Would Edison's DC power have been better? I 
> dunno; was Beta really better than VHS? Triumph better than MG? :-)

No, yes and YES!

Actually, the main advantage to AC is the ease that the voltage can be 
transformed.  A simple transformer will convert lower voltage to higher voltage 
for 
long distance distribution and the transformed back to lower voltage for use 
by the consumer.  With this handy advantage power generation could now be 
consolidated into large, centralized plants instead of widely distributed 
neighborhood plants in YOUR back yard.

Dave


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