The famous "electricity war" between Edison and Tesla wasn't just about electricity generation, it was also about electricity distribution. Edison's DC electricity couldn't be sent very far due to power losses but Tesla's AC could go much further and benefit people over a much wider area. Efficient electricity distribution relies on minimising power loses due … Continue reading Transformers
DC and AC Electricity Pt2: Seeing the Difference
We commonly use meters to make measurements in electric circuits but meters are relatively simple devices and if the property we are measuring changes over a short period of time then a meter will not show this clearly (if at all). But a different instrument, the oscilloscope, has the power to reveal such changes in … Continue reading DC and AC Electricity Pt2: Seeing the Difference
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