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Originally Posted by Malsua
The problem with DC is related to converting it to AC, changing the voltages and circuit breakers. It's all possible, it's just a lot more effort to manage.
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As one of my engineering friends in the engineering design company of my utility company described them:
"Its DC with big azz inverters"
Being ignorant, and thinking everything is AC, and working alongside the professionals, I asked a professional. . . ymmv
And driving by the massive substation in Ayer, MA where the canadian hydro power generation created transmission line ends, the substation is huge, probably 10-20 acres where the current into multiple delivery segments. . . to different companies to their central distribution points. I tried to email/call my friends in the generation and transmission companies on Friday but with 50 degrees on Friday in NE, everyone was out of office. . I was hoping to find the exact locations of the inverters. .
What i find really interesting is that the amount of energy is measured for usage and billing.. . and monitored at many points along the way. in 1/4 of MA and 1/10th of NY geography, we have over 50,000 mobile cellular devices monitoring the transmission and distribution system, and growing every year. ..
Read the book "Shorting the GRID", by Meridith Angwin. . . .
ooops, going down the financial analysis path and with 4 months of work left, . . I have got to let it go. . .