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[TheDan]

Tesla had it right.
amp hour meters. DC systems. But, he was a commie.
So we got Edison, watts and AC.
Inaccurate metering and no storage of power.

That's backwards. Edison was a proponent of DC; Tesla pushed AC.

AC is really the only way transmission lines can work. DC voltage drops too dramatically over distances.

 

[Vaquero]

That's backwards. Edison was a proponent of DC; Tesla pushed AC.

AC is really the only way transmission lines can work. DC voltage drops too dramatically over distances.

Tres Amigas. Google.

But that's irrelevant.
Maybe you're right and I'm wrong about Edison and Tesla. I just absorbed what I was taught.
Didn't do a lot od independent research.

 

[Younggun]

Tesla had it right.
amp hour meters. DC systems. But, he was a commie.
So we got Edison, watts and AC.
Inaccurate metering and no storage of power.

Consider this.
Every watt of power is consumed at the same moment it is generated on an AC system.
When you turn on your light, that power doesn't exist until you turn it on.
When you turn it off, it ceases to be generated at the plant level.

That's not right.

Edison pushed DC current, Tesla pushed AC. Edison electrocuted all kinds of animals in a smear campaign against Tesla.

When it came time for the world fair Tesla won the chance to power it and introduce the world to consumer electricity. Edison got pissed and refused to let him use his lightbulb. Also got the patent office to not accept any one piece bulbs forcing Tesla to come up with a 2 piece bulb in a very short time that he could get patented.

The DC system would have required power stations much closer to the end user and much heavier lines to carry it. It woulda been a mess.

Edison also screwed him pretty good during his employment. Lots of money went in to Edison's pockets based on Teslas work.

I wouldn't call Tesla a commie. He was very much in to the American way of life considering his somewhat odd personality. Not sure the level of communism in Croatia at the time he left. I've seen very little information showing he had much activity in politics whatsoever.

Tesla at one point had a contract of some sort to get money for every 1/4hp of electricity generated using his generator design, which is still in use today. He decided he didn't need it at some point and died completely broke. Can't imagine what it would be worth today.

 

[Tony2]

That's backwards. Edison was a proponent of DC; Tesla pushed AC.

AC is really the only way transmission lines can work. DC voltage drops too dramatically over distances.

conspiracy theory

 

[Younggun]

Tres Amigas. Google.

But that's irrelevant.
Maybe you're right and I'm wrong about Edison and Tesla. I just absorbed what I was taught.
Didn't do a lot od independent research.

Nikolai Tesla is an awesome subject to look in to. A couple of good shows on Netflix about him, lots of good info on the web.

He was WAY ahead of his time in almost every way. Lots of stuff we use everyday he had figured out and thought it was useless at the time.

 

[Younggun]

conspiracy theory

Seriously, look him up. Edison is not the father of electricity as we were taught. He was almost a huge hindrance.

 

[Tony2]

Vars push ac

 

[TheDan]

Vars push ac

lol... I see what you did there

 

[Tony2]

Neither is tesla but he did make huge contributions to ac components.

 

[Younggun]

Neither is tesla but he did make huge contributions to ac components.

Blasphemy!

He is the father of modern electricity. And more so the father of electricity than Edison in the sense that it is taught.

 

[Vaquero]

OP does face palm.

 

[Younggun]

Thread has a good run.

 

[Tony2]

lol... I see what you did there

lol pushing the ac right now with the help of a few million vars

 

[Tony2]

Blasphemy!

He is the father of modern electricity. And more so the father of electricity than Edison in the sense that it is taught.

That must be in the Koran my bible says William Gilbert is the father of modern electricity

 

[Younggun]

That must be in the Koran my bible says William Gilbert is the father of modern electricity

Your reading Old Testament stuff. We are discussing New Testament (modern) electricity.

 

[Younggun]

He might be the grandpa.

 

[Younggun]

Gilbert did not believe that electricity and magnetism were related. That is a key component of modern electricity, therefore Gilbert could not be the father.

 

[Tony2]

Eye for an eye ,tooth for a tooth, time for some coffee and a Baby ruth

 

[Younggun]

Ahh, the Nestle version. Sweet, but a little nutty.

 

[Tony2]

Gilbert did not believe that electricity and magnetism were related. That is a key component of modern electricity, therefore Gilbert could not be the father.

Yes it is but he was also the father of magnetism