Sanga, At first glance I was going to question ya, but here's the actual article.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/the-smarter-grid/electricity-over-glass Makes sense when you think about it. Simon Vass Technical Manager E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 Email: [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sanga Collins" <[email protected]> To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 13 November, 2010 10:35:23 PM Subject: Re: [LUG] Paper Local Hosting as a Breadwinner Hmm... Unless wikipedia is lying http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_fiber?wasRedirected=true Hide Electric power transmission Optical fiber can be used to transmit electricity. [ 51 ] While the efficiency is not nearly that of traditional copper wire, it is especially useful in situations where it is desirable to not have a metallic conductor as in the case of use near MRI machines which produce strong magnetic currents. [ 52 ] ↑ Jump Back A Section Show See also Sent from my iPhone On Nov 13, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Hari Kurup <[email protected]> wrote: Come on Sanga, glass does not transmit electricity. Give me a url that says it does. -- Hari On 13 November 2010 19:17, sanga collins <[email protected]> wrote: Is your google broken? Fibre is used in hospitals to transmit electricty because it does not cause/recieve interference as a copper cable does. Good examples are near MRI or CAT scan machines that generate large magnetic fields. On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Hari Kurup <[email protected]> wrote: Cavin, Your paper says "Several firms in the energy sector, use fiber cables to transmit electricity country wide..." To my knowledge, fiber cables do not conduct electricity. Please motivate your statement. PS: I am only trying to help. -- Hari On 13 November 2010 18:23, Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]> wrote: my ob Stephen, this is a very rough version, http://nokia.hosted.jivesoftware.com/ideas/1080 _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- -- Sanga M. Collins Network Engineering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 E- fax: (435) 578 7411 _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
