edison and westinghouse?? (1 Viewer)

[ki7a]

edison and westinghouse

 

[zeek]

edison = DC
westinghouse = AC

 

[sinist4]

Ac can be stepped up, while DC can not be (transformed)
edison used cheap tactics the scaredd people from useing Ac by shocking animals on the stage. therefore AC was used as the 'preferred' system in the electric chair...

 

[zeek]

i think you mean DC

EDIT: woops i ddnt read the whole thing

 

[jaaaaay]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents

 

[Forbidden.]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents

Very nice topic to pass the time ...

 

[ianc]

the easy way to remember which is AC or DC (at least for me anyway) is that we have a Westinghouse stove, so he must have been AC

 

[mzduxx2006]

Westinghouse =

- AC,
- assisted by Tesla,
- focused more on providing a more efficient source of electricity at a low cost

Edison =
- DC,
- focused more on providing more DC motors and was extremly selfish and focused more on profit then helping society.
- Attempted to discredit westinghouse by electrocuting animals with AC electricity in the street ---> wat a mentally ill man!.