07-10-2024, 09:03 AM
(07-10-2024, 08:55 AM)FlyingClayDisk Wrote: Yep, And a very interesting chapter in history this was too, when you look back at the history of it all. At the time, Edison prevailed, but maybe not for the reasons he should have. That's not to say it wasn't the correct decision, in retrospect. But Tesla had a pretty compelling case back in the day and it really could have gone either way. Edison had a lot more 'stroke' than Tesla did, and Tesla had a lot of other more kooky fringe ideas which negatively affected his reputation. On the municipal power front, Edison came off as the 'scientist' and Tesla came off as the 'mad scientist', and ultimately this is why AC was chosen over Tesla's favored DC solution. Remember, at the time, neither type of commercial power existed at all.
And you're right, nothing has changed with the physics.
Tesla and Westinghouse won with AC.
Not Edison who was promoting DC.
War of the Currents
