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Re: AC/DC standards war

#146697 03/22/07 11:43 AM

Joined: Jun 2006

Posts: 613

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mikesh

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One of the HV cables feeding Vancouver Island is 500kv DC. The cables can be seen at the Tsawassen ferry terminal. At the time it was installed DC cable technology was better for the undersea feed. They still use vacuum tube rectifiers too.

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AC/DC standards war	Kenbo	03/21/07 09:34 AM
Re: AC/DC standards war	Trumpy	03/22/07 07:21 AM
Re: AC/DC standards war	Kenbo	03/22/07 12:30 PM
Re: AC/DC standards war	pauluk	03/25/07 02:15 PM
Re: AC/DC standards war	Trumpy	03/27/07 08:20 AM
Re: AC/DC standards war	RODALCO	03/27/07 10:27 AM
Re: AC/DC standards war	Trumpy	03/27/07 10:59 AM
Re: AC/DC standards war	RODALCO	03/27/07 10:04 PM
Re: AC/DC standards war	RODALCO	03/28/07 01:20 AM
Re: AC/DC standards war	yaktx	03/31/07 03:24 AM
Re: AC/DC standards war	yaktx	03/31/07 03:28 AM
Re: AC/DC standards war	Kenbo	03/31/07 08:57 AM
Re: AC/DC standards war	mikesh	03/22/07 03:43 PM
Re: AC/DC standards war	RODALCO	03/22/07 07:42 PM
Re: AC/DC standards war	Texas_Ranger	03/25/07 12:21 PM
Re: AC/DC standards war	djk	03/25/07 12:42 PM
Re: AC/DC standards war	djk	03/25/07 12:49 PM