Edward A. Falk wrote:

In article ,
ATP* wrote:


The three-phase grid that was being put in place at the end of Edison's life
has not changed that much- it certainly has changed a lot since Edison's
first power plant on Pearl Street and DC distribution system.


For the record, the last piece of the DC grid was just shut down a few
months ago.



I remember renting a student apartment in Boston circa 1955 and finding
out to my horror that the place was still on DC.

I was a "Hi-Fi" buff at the time and couldn't put up without AC to run
all my gear, and I didn't want to try and get by with the vibrator DC to
AC inverters available back then.

So, I moved out the day after I moved in, and the landlord was nice
about it.

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight.