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Article #4823Re: History of AC vs DC Power
From: Alison Chaiken
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 04:55
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 04:55
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zowie@daedalus.stanford.edu (Craig "Powderkeg" DeForest) writes: >As far as history goes, Edison and his company had established some >small DC power grids. . . . When I lived in Boston about 5 years ago, there was a story on the news saying that the local utility had just rewired some homes on Beacon Hill (Boston's most upscale neighborhood) for ac power that had been on a dc grid since about the turn of the century. Evidently the rich folks had gotten electric lights first, before the ac/dc controversy was settled, and they never converted until recently. -- Alison Chaiken alison@wsrcc.com (510) 422-7129 [daytime] or chaiken@cmsgee.llnl.gov Look if you like, but you will have to leap.
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Newsgroups: sci.physics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!decuac!pa.dec.com!decwrl!wsrcc!alison From: alison@wsrcc.com (Alison Chaiken) Subject: Re: History of AC vs DC Power Message-ID: <BxL711.E1D@wsrcc.com> Organization: W S Rupprecht Computer Consulting, Fremont CA References: <1992Nov11.154425.8399@speedy.aero.org> <ZOWIE.92Nov11100057@daedalus.stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 04:55:49 GMT Lines: 16