Re: Why Buy a Converter?

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dragonsclaw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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|The Wizard of Menlo Park (Thomas A Edison) original lighting power
|distribution system was D.C. The bus conductors were copper bars imbedded
in a
|wooden trough filled with tar, buried under the street.
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|Power loss was great, making the radical invention by Tesla, The AC
|transformer (and Motor) that allowed high voltage distribution the
natural
|replacement  for city sized distribution.
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|History goes backwards here ;-)



Which is why I am really confused why a company out of Canada wants to 
run a DC power line from hydro plants there to the New York City area. 
What have they figured out ?

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