[Milsurplus] Edison/Tesla battle finally ends in NYC.

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Very cool. I wonder if there was one standard or several?

Bob


On Nov 23, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Al Klase wrote:

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>
> Gentlemen,
>
> In light of the fact that this thread a persisted, A clarification  
> is in order. The standard farm-lighting system was 32 volts, using  
> 16 lead-acid cells. See: http://www.powerstream.com/1922/battery_1922_WITTE/batteryfiles/chapter17.htm
>
> Al
>
> Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> The farm power systems at 28 volts pre-dated anything in a  
>> automobile or an airplane. Like the rest of them I'm sure the lead  
>> acid connection had an influence on the voltage chose. Of course  
>> the rail systems had their own setups a long time back. They are  
>> what Edison was working on when he decided we needed Ni-Cads.
>>
>> At some point the military, especially the Navy started using  
>> electrical control. That stuff dated into the late 1800's. We don't  
>> normally see a lot of electrical mil surplus from the 1870's other  
>> than telegraph. It would be interesting to see what else they used.
>>
>> Bob
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>>
>>
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