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Old 20th Jan 2018, 18:31
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Originally Posted by ThreeThreeMike
Can you provide an example?
The issue is that AT THE SAME VOLTAGE you get less losses from DC than AC and thus in principle it is better for long distance transmission.

However, transmission at Higher Voltage is very strongly beneficial.

As AC is way easier to step up and down (voltage) then AC wins for general power transmission. However for very long distances the balance shifts back to DC.
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