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. > No it was Westinghouse.
> 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. > No it was due to the inability to transform a low voltage high current to a high voltage low current for transmission with DC. If DC had been used there would almost have to be a power plant in every neighborhood, and nationwide electrification would be impractical if not impossible. Marshall
