Re: Why Buy a Converter?

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:57:57 GMT Steven Stone <xxspfleck@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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| In article <3iga149ccte9nsr8768umg3o7kpiudrkmc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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| dragonsclaw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
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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.
| |
| |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 ;-)
| 
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| 
| 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 ?

DC works better for long distance transmission (as long as you have a way
to
do so at a high voltage ... something Edison did not have in his day).

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