East Coast outage?

Iljitsch van Beijnum iljitsch at muada.com
Sat Aug 16 10:03:50 UTC 2003


On zaterdag, aug 16, 2003, at 10:48 Europe/Amsterdam, Chris Adams wrote:

> But what if the huge distribution systems used DC and the whole thing
>> was only converted to AC close to the users in small installations?
>> This would get rid of the frequency problems.

> Basic physics.  To run DC at the power levels required, the "wire" 
> would
> have to be over 100 feet in diameter IIRC.  Look up the Edison vs. 
> Tesla
> power arguments for all kinds of information on AC vs. DC.

What are the "required levels"? There is a 600 MW DC sea cable between 
Sweden and Germany with an outer diameter of about five inches (130 mm).




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