[geeks] D'OH!

[Dave McGuire]

On February 2, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> FYI the single-phase three-wire 120/240VAC system used in North America
> is sometimes called the "Edison System".

  If I remember history correctly, "Tesla Polyphase" would be more
accurate.  As others have pointed out, Edison was pushing DC while
Nikola Tesla was pushing AC.  Tesla is very much the unsung hero of
power distributino systems...Most of the best ideas were Tesla's while
Edison got most of the credit.

     -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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