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Re: MAE-East still no generator
From: "Dick St.Peters" <stpeters () NetHeaven com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:48:34 -0400
I don't think so. AC is not very good for distance. When you have a AC sine wave you also get reverse EMF that distorts the signal. AC is like VHS it was at the masses first. DC like BETA works better, though if you use DC you would have a lot more deaths because AC is a little easier to take if you touch the wire at high currents.
Sometime around the beginning of the 1900s Edison and Westinghouse were waging PR war over whether the country should adopt DC or AC. In an early preview of negative campaigning Edison appealed to public fear by noting that AC was used in electric chairs. Edison lost that fight, of course, but got his revenge from GE winning the long-term economic battle. Now that I can claim title to the most irrelevant NANOG posting in history, (intended) I return you all to the current battle ... -- Dick St.Peters, Gatekeeper, Pearly Gateway, Ballston Spa, NY stpeters () NetHeaven com Owner, NetHeaven 518-885-1295/800-910-6671 Albany/Saratoga/Glens Falls/North Creek/Lake Placid/Blue Mountain Lake First Internet service based in the 518 area code - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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- Re: MAE-East still no generator, (continued)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Robert E. Seastrom (Sep 08)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Ed Morin (Sep 08)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Avi Freedman (Sep 08)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Paul A Vixie (Sep 08)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Stephen Stuart (Sep 08)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Alan Hannan (Sep 07)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Patrick J. Chicas (Sep 07)
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- Re: MAE-East still no generator Avi Freedman (Sep 08)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Jim Dixon (Sep 08)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Dick St.Peters (Sep 08)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Jeff Young (Sep 09)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Robert E. Seastrom (Sep 09)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Avi Freedman (Sep 07)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Nathan Stratton (Sep 08)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Alan Hannan (Sep 07)
- Re: MAE-East still no generator Andrew Partan (Sep 09)