Re: Why Buy a Converter?

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> phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>There are a lot of things that could be better about the way electricity
is
>delivered to homes (maybe changing to DC is one of them).

  Unlikely.  It is hard to get cheaper voltage conversion than a
transformer.

>  But it is simply
>not practical to make the change because so many things are not ready. 
One
>such change I propose is increasing the voltage.  It would be more
efficient
>in most cir***stances.  We know how to keep it safe, now.  And for a
great
>many things, it's not hard to make them "240 ready".

  However, the losses are not huge, given that it only comes down from the
pole to the house -- before that it is 12.5 or 15 KV.

  If you need 240 V, you have it in most houses.  Call your electrician.

	Alan