You're off by about 100 years - It was Tesla who advocated AC; and the reason is because AC can be "transformed" from one voltage to another (using a transformer). When electricity is transported over wires for long distances the voltage must be high (thousands of volts) to minimize losses. This would not be possible with DC. AC can easily be converted to DC using diodes. Owen
INGRID KROPP-OVERSTREET wrote: > > > I have a question it is not directly related to CS but I > will be able to use the info at a later time possibly. when > Thomas Edison was trying to convince people to standardize > DC electric. and i think it was ??Ben Franklin?? who was > going against that and got AC electric standardized why > didn't they go with DC. from what I read DC sounds like a > better choice. there no change in the current. you know > exactly what voltage your getting. was it due to bens > political influence or is there a real reason. >
