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Undersea cable has been HVDC for a while, using [1]mercury arc rectifiers and inverters to do the conversion. The interisland hvdc link in New Zealand[2] was s
by NickNameNick 9y ago
Undersea cable has been HVDC for a while, using [1]mercury arc rectifiers and inverters to do the conversion.
The interisland hvdc link in New Zealand[2] was still using some mercury arc equipment as late as 2012
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HVDC_Inter-Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HVDC_Inter-Island