Re: [OT] British vs. American English
On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:36:41 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 20:48 +0100, Richard wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 05:40:28 +1000
> > Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:25:22 +0200
> > > Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 00:44 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > > > > On 03/10/11 23:17, John Hasler wrote:
> > > > > > I wrote:
> > > > > >> The heirs of Herr Siemens might disagree with you on that, not to
> > > > > >> mention Thomson, Faraday, etc.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Scott writes:
> > > > > >> and Tesla (AC).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > While born in Europe Tesla became a US citizen and did his
> > > > > > important work as such.
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes - of course. I only watched "The Prestige" the other night - I
> > > > > must be getting very old.
> > > > >
> > > > > Electricity didn't go much of anywhere without AC - I recall Edison
> > > > > tried with DC. Can't remember alternators - would that be Seimens??
> > > > >
> > > > > I suspect we can credit the USA with the petroleum industry - though
> > > > > it's only "suspect". And geographic/political boundaries don't
> > > > > reliably define much.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > > > Long distances need high voltage and AC. I suspect Nikola Tesla was a
> > > > Roma from Jugoslavia, since my Gypsy friends, Roma from Jugoslavia,
> > > > know his name and his profession and claim that he was a Roma. Dunno,
> > > > but since their general knowledge isn't profound, there must be a
> > > > reason that they especially know Tesla. I believe that three-phase AC
> > > > could have to do with Siemens, I've got no idea what role was played
> > > > by George Westinghouse. I won't read the Wiki.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > I suggest you all check on the high voltage feed from Canada in to the New York region. 0Hz
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_inverter_plant seem to be very
> uncommon. Never heard of such a thingy for Europe.
>
>
Perhaps go to the link provided and read through and you will find a table of al the HVDC links, there are
plenty in all continents.
Especially for grid sharing between countries.
AC 3 phase links are unsuitable for this purpose, If the governments of the EU can not agree on measures to
halt the problems with the Euro, do you really expect them to be able to agree on the exact phase of a AC
link between countries.
You CAN NOT just connect adjacent suppliers AC system together unless the phase is matched.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HVDC_projects
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Best wishes / 73
e-mail: richard@g8jvm.com
Richard Bown
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