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Remains of Edison's anti-AC, pro-DC propaganda? Just a guess
Post #14,551
by
CRConrad
10/22/01 10:25:35 AM
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Remains of Edison's anti-AC, pro-DC propaganda? Just a guess
220 vs 110
- (
bluke
)
- (32)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 10:18:10 AM EDT
220 is considered "safer"
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jb4
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- (24)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 10:24:32 AM EDT
Re: 220 is considered "safer"
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a6l6e6x
)
- (23)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 01:43:02 PM EDT
Hrm???
- (
jb4
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- (8)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 02:13:17 PM EDT
He's right on safety.
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Andrew Grygus
)
- (7)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 02:33:35 PM EDT
Then too: you actually *have* 220V coming in..
- (
Ashton
)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 02:55:37 PM EDT
Isn't that exactly Edison's old anti-Tesla PR you're burpin?
-NT
- (
CRConrad
)
- (5)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 07:16:43 PM EDT
Yabut.. that's a can o'worms anyway.
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Ashton
)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 07:44:09 PM EDT
The very one - but Tesla pulled the wool . .
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Andrew Grygus
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- (3)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 09:54:42 PM EDT
Yeah, wasn't that *sneaky*? - out M$'d M$..
-NT
- (
Ashton
)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 03:20:37 AM EDT
But the POINT is, DC would have fried 'em just as well!
-NT
- (
CRConrad
)
- (1)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 06:29:14 AM EDT
"Fry" is the operative word here.
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Andrew Grygus
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- Oct. 23, 2001, 11:24:21 AM EDT
It's the waveform.
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imric
)
- (13)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 05:49:41 PM EDT
Umm sorry. No.
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Ashton
)
- (12)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 06:09:16 PM EDT
Ah, yes.
- (
imric
)
- (11)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 07:06:41 PM EDT
Ah well.. now yer gettin fancy
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Ashton
)
- (10)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 07:29:15 PM EDT
*grin* You'd think!
- (
imric
)
- (6)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 07:58:09 PM EDT
Migawd.. it's in your genes!
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Ashton
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- (2)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 08:16:29 PM EDT
Ya ever shake hands with a farmer?
- (
imric
)
- (1)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 08:34:33 PM EDT
My uncles ran a machine shop.
- (
Ashton
)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 09:05:57 PM EDT
Expensive mistake
- (
broomberg
)
- (2)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 09:26:26 PM EDT
Well.. one possibility
- (
Ashton
)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 03:43:25 AM EDT
220 UPS outputs
- (
Ric Locke
)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 11:47:50 PM EDT
3-phase voltages.
- (
static
)
- (2)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 09:58:21 PM EDT
Huh? We just went TO 240, from 220! (BTW, hi--volt was 380v)
-NT
- (
CRConrad
)
- (1)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 06:27:35 AM EDT
Just went *to* 240V...?
- (
static
)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 07:06:58 AM EDT
Remains of Edison's anti-AC, pro-DC propaganda? Just a guess
-NT
- (
CRConrad
)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 10:25:35 AM EDT
Early adopters.
- (
addison
)
- (5)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 10:34:49 AM EDT
Like Cell Phones
- (
SpiceWare
)
- (4)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 11:16:18 AM EDT
As I understand it, that's more due to market fragmentation:
- (
CRConrad
)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 11:27:51 AM EDT
CRC has that about right.
- (
static
)
- (2)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 10:02:44 PM EDT
Not quite right -- GSM enforced by EU, CDMA is more advanced
- (
tonytib
)
- (1)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 10:52:47 PM EDT
CDMA in .au, too
- (
Meerkat
)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 01:56:31 AM EDT
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