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- From: schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher)
- Subject: Re: DC to AC on large scale???
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:44:45 GMT
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- In <1k0rksINNc34@rave.larc.nasa.gov> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes:
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- >Actually, motor generator sets were pretty common up until about ten years
- >ago when efficient silicon stuff became available. You even see AC-DC
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- Sure, but the original question was about regional power distribution.
- Did anyone ever use MG sets to convert AC to DC to feed more than a
- few city blocks?
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