Re: Why Buy a Converter?

"Steven Stone" <xxspfleck@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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 In article <3iga149ccte9nsr8768umg3o7kpiudrkmc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
: dragonsclaw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
: |
: |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.
: |
: |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.
: |
: |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 ?
:
They watched an episode of Murdoch Mysteries!  ;<)

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All the Best,
Richard Harison: | 




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