[BC] 110 V DC

[Dave Dunsmoor]

> It is also important in field wiring, especially long runs that have
> contactors and heaters are the far end. A small voltage drop can be
> managed with reasonable sized cable. Also a lot of devices can be
> powered directly off 600 Volts thus reducing the size and weight of step
> down transformers needed for lower voltages. In one case it eliminated a
> rather large internal TX transformer.
>
> R
>
>
> nakayle at gmail.com wrote:
>
> > The advantage of higher voltages is that it reduces the current so you
> > can use smaller guage wiring.  Ofcourse, this is more important for
> > high power loads than small.
> >
> > By the way, the old Westinghouse 50-KW transmitters used 2400V delta
> > in which is really over-kill I think but Westinghouse was a big power
> > equipment manufacturer so maybe thats how they sold more stuff.
> >
> > - Nat


Ok, that is what I was wondering, if it were something other than the
reduced
current and the associated hardware advantages there. I didn't know that
any-
thing would/could be run directly from 600V.

thanks,

Dave