War of Currents (Ac - Dc)
THE WAR OF CURRENTS
Tesla vs Edison:
THE WAR OF CURRENTS
In the "War of Currents" era (sometimes "War of the Currents" or "Battle of Currents") in the late 1880s, George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison became adversaries due to Edison's promotion of direct current (DC) for electric power distribution over alternating current (AC) advocated by Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla.
Thomas Edison American inventor andbusinessman was known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park" and pushed for the development of a DC power network. | George Westinghouse American entrepreneur and engineer backed financially the development of a practical AC power network. | Nikola Tesla Serbian-American inventor, physicist, and electro-mechanical engineer was known as "The Wizard of The West” and was instrumental in developing AC networks. |
Introduction:
During the initial years of electricity distribution, Edison's direct current was the standard for the United States and Edison was not disposed to lose all his patent royalties. Direct current worked well with incandescent lamps that were the principal load of the day and with motors. Direct current systems could be directly used with storage batteries, providing valuable load-leveling and backup power during interruptions of generator operation. Direct current generators could be easily paralleled, allowing economic operation by using smaller machines during periods of light load and improving reliability. At the introduction of Edison's system, no practical AC motor was available. Edison had invented a meter to allow customers to be billed for energy proportional to consumption. But this meter only worked with direct current. As of 1882, these were all significant technical advantages to direct current systems.
From his work with rotary magnetic fields, Tesla devised a system for generation, transmission, and use of AC power. He partnered with George Westinghouse to commercialize this system. Westinghouse had
Tesla vs Edison:
THE WAR OF CURRENTS
In the "War of Currents" era (sometimes "War of the Currents" or "Battle of Currents") in the late 1880s, George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison became adversaries due to Edison's promotion of direct current (DC) for electric power distribution over alternating current (AC) advocated by Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla.
Thomas Edison American inventor andbusinessman was known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park" and pushed for the development of a DC power network. | George Westinghouse American entrepreneur and engineer backed financially the development of a practical AC power network. | Nikola Tesla Serbian-American inventor, physicist, and electro-mechanical engineer was known as "The Wizard of The West” and was instrumental in developing AC networks. |
Introduction:
During the initial years of electricity distribution, Edison's direct current was the standard for the United States and Edison was not disposed to lose all his patent royalties. Direct current worked well with incandescent lamps that were the principal load of the day and with motors. Direct current systems could be directly used with storage batteries, providing valuable load-leveling and backup power during interruptions of generator operation. Direct current generators could be easily paralleled, allowing economic operation by using smaller machines during periods of light load and improving reliability. At the introduction of Edison's system, no practical AC motor was available. Edison had invented a meter to allow customers to be billed for energy proportional to consumption. But this meter only worked with direct current. As of 1882, these were all significant technical advantages to direct current systems.
From his work with rotary magnetic fields, Tesla devised a system for generation, transmission, and use of AC power. He partnered with George Westinghouse to commercialize this system. Westinghouse had