[60800] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: East Coast outage?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Iljitsch van Beijnum)
Sat Aug 16 06:08:15 2003
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:03:50 +0200
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
To: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
From: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030816084816.GB666077@hiwaay.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On zaterdag, aug 16, 2003, at 10:48 Europe/Amsterdam, Chris Adams wrote:
> But what if the huge distribution systems used DC and the whole thing
>> was only converted to AC close to the users in small installations?
>> This would get rid of the frequency problems.
> Basic physics. To run DC at the power levels required, the "wire"
> would
> have to be over 100 feet in diameter IIRC. Look up the Edison vs.
> Tesla
> power arguments for all kinds of information on AC vs. DC.
What are the "required levels"? There is a 600 MW DC sea cable between
Sweden and Germany with an outer diameter of about five inches (130 mm).
