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Electric Current and Transformers

Electric Current and Transformers. Edison. Inventor and Businessman Phonograph, Camera (movie), Light bulbs Edison invents Direct Current Standard for all of the US power plants could only send DC about a mile before the electricity began to lose power. Tesla.

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Electric Current and Transformers

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  1. Electric Current and Transformers

  2. Edison • Inventor and Businessman • Phonograph, Camera (movie), Light bulbs • Edison invents Direct Current • Standard for all of the US • power plants could only send DC about a mile before the electricity began to lose power

  3. Tesla • Inventor, Electrical Engineer, physicist • Very theatrical • Moves to US to work with Edison • Invents Alternating Current • Much more efficient and powerful

  4. AC/DC • Direct Current – Useful, but not over long distances • Alternating Current – Much stronger and powerful over long spans

  5. Transformers • Change energy levels • Can either be step up or step down

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