[Milsurplus] DC vs AC for power distribution

[J. Forster]

There is certainly something to be said for 'hands on' experience, but IMO
that alone is insufficient.

-John

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> At 4:01 PM -0700 5/1/12, J. Forster wrote:
>>In my view, real engineering is based on understanding the fundamentals
>> of
>>physics and applying them. There is a difference between engineering and
>>'cut and try' tinkering.
>
> I suspect it could be argued that tinkerers can often have a better
> intuitive understanding of something and how it works under unusual
> conditions or outside of spec than an engineer might have.
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