Even more oddly, I'm informed that serious consideration is being given
to using some large-scale HV DC power distribution.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Dave1massey@cs.com
Sent: July 12, 2006 1:59 PM
To: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] mystery strips & + ground
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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