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djsjbsjd
6y ago
“But the gain is because of the high voltage part, not the DC one.“ What do you mean by that? My understanding is the HVDC lines are still lower V than an AC line (the Soviet even had 500lV lines), and therefore DCs advantages are no coupli
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djsjbsjd
6y ago
To transmit power without loss you have to increase the voltage. The easiest way to do this (And in the late 19th century the only way) is with a transformer, and therefore AC. However, since the 1930s we’ve been able to build high voltage