Robertm wrote:
"Commodore Joe Redcloud©" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:49:52 GMT, "Tom Horne, Electrician"
wrote:

Tom Horne

"This alternating current stuff is just a fad. It is much too dangerous
for general use." Thomas Alva Edison

For those who don't know, Edison's first working municipal electrical
system was DC.


Commodore Joe Redcloud©

That's exactly why he said ac was dangerous. He had a vested interest in the
use of DC.

Bob
Which he actually developed into the electric chair:
http://inventors.about.com/od/hstart...tric_Chair.htm
'Course DC is no fun either, talk to the guys who work on the CTAs "L"
trains. They told me about pulling an arc in a light socket replacing
a bulb, nothing to do but walk away from it.
Richard