The History of War of Currents
The history of War of Currents: Edison vs Tesla
“The beginning of the electric grids is sometimes referred to “The War of Currents”, where AC was competing with DC. AC became the current of choice since the transformer allowed voltage conversion and high voltage long distance transmission. Today, power electronics and DC/DC converters are able to efficiently increase and decrease DC voltage as well. With the realization that most of our devices have built-in rectifiers use DC voltage, the war of currents is again raging. The current state of this war and evaluate the feasibility for such a transition is under research.”