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Why are AC systems are preferred over DC systems?

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Question added by Umar Draz , IT NETWORK SUPPORT ENGINEER , SYSTRONIC IT SERVICES
Date Posted: 2016/04/17
WALEED ARIF
by WALEED ARIF , POWER & SITE Engineer , NOKIA (F-Alcatel-Lucen)

- its easy to maintain & change the Load/ Current Voltage of AC Electricity for transmission & Distribution, but for DC Power transmission its require to provide (Converter, inverter) and Generator DC Power Plant , Rectifiers, Backup Battery, Circuit Breaker\\ Fuse, Cable Earth, distribution...ect.        

HIMA THEKKATH
by HIMA THEKKATH , General Electrical Engineer , City Horizon Electro Mechanical works

It is easy to step down and step up AC.Also in the case of DC transmission we need rectifier and inverter at sending end and receiving end respectively.It's cost is high.

 

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