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  • Lunyfringe

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    But the batteries are still DC.
    AAAnd you just voided the warranty.

    I know, they're just calling them AC batteries... because they have a microinverter and charge controller inside the case to do the conversions...

    And they call Kentli's batteries, too- even though they have a voltage regulator and undercharge protection "motherboard" built in to them: http://unbatteries.com/
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    SloppyShooter

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    We have AC house current because Tesla lost out to Edison. Tesla had a DC system, Edison was AC.

    AC won out because it could travel further, while DC would have required more stations closer to the houses.
     

    easy rider

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    First off, if you read what I said, I never said that batteries are AC. I was talking about straight and reverse polarity of DC and then compared it to AC. Also, Tesla was using AC power and Edison was DC.
     

    TheMailMan

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    First off, if you read what I said, I never said that batteries are AC. I was talking about straight and reverse polarity of DC and then compared it to AC. Also, Tesla was using AC power and Edison was DC.

    You inferred it. You said car batteries are ac that would lead someone to think that you're saying other batteries are AC.
     

    digger

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    When George Westinghouse became interested in electricity, he quickly and correctly concluded that Edison's low voltages were too inefficient to be scaled up for transmission needed for large systems. He further understood that long-distance transmission needed high voltage and that inexpensive conversion technology only existed for alternating current. Transformers would play the decisive role in the victory of alternating current over direct current for transmission and distribution systems.[23] In 1876, Pavel Yablochkov patented his mechanism of using induction coils to serve as a step up transformer prior to the Paris Exposition demonstrating his arc lamps. In 1881, Lucien Gaulard and John Dixon Gibbs developed a more efficient device which they dubbed the secondary generator, namely an early transformer provided with 1:1 turn ratio and open magnetic circuit.[7][24]

    A popular expression in that era was people were in danger of being Westinghoused with the high voltage in ac transmission
     

    easy rider

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    Car batteries are DC (Direct Current), it's not just batteries when talking straight polarity and reverse polarity of direct current. What many people don't know is that AC (Alternating Current) the flow goes in both directions in cycles and the amount of cycles determines the frequency, while DC the flow only goes in one direction.
    You inferred it. You said car batteries are ac that would lead someone to think that you're saying other batteries are AC.
    Read the part in bold.
     
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