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Transmitting electricity is quite a bit different from transmitting bytes. That's the main reason we are using Alternating Current rather than Direct Current to
by tired_man 11y ago
Transmitting electricity is quite a bit different from transmitting bytes. That's the main reason we are using Alternating Current rather than Direct Current to power virtually everything.
- elektromekatron 11y agoI'm not talking about data cable. Was referring to NorNed, a 500km HVDC 700MW interconnect between the Netherlands and Norway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NorNed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NorNed, and the Russian power grid IPS/UPS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPS/UPS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPS/UPS edit - the limits to how far you can push transmission are very high indeed. For instance, here's a study from 1984 that puts an upper limit on AC at 3000 - 4000km and for DC at 7000km. http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2014/ph240/sell1/docs/paris.pdf http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2014/ph240/sell1/docs/pari...
- tired_man 11y agoMan, my working knowledge is really outdated.