06-27-2023, 03:06 PM
The problem with sending DC over long wires in the era before electronic amplification was that the voltage dropped so much by the time it got to the other end that you couldn't hear what the other person was saying. That why they yelled into the phones.
That's also why our power grid is AC, not DC. Tesla was right, and Edison was wrong.
That's also why our power grid is AC, not DC. Tesla was right, and Edison was wrong.