Hi Jrz126,
I totally agree! Good choice
As Jay stated before, Edison invented the incandescent light bulb, and DC motor, etc.
Although since Edison was using DC he had a hard time with voltage drop. He had to use wire as big as your arm if he wanted to go any distance.
He also had a very big ego. Before Tesla came into town, Edison was ramped up to be the great genius, even had a nickname( can't remember right now ). And because his business was already using DC, he did not like Tesla winning everyone over with his AC.
Edison tried to prove to people many times that AC was very dangerous. Even payed school boys to steel dogs from the local neighborhood so that Edison could kill the dogs with high voltage AC, showing them just how dangerous it is.
Although when the first electric chair was invented they used AC, took them three or four times to kill the guy :lol:
Edison's light build is very crude compared to Tesla's. I can't believe it took him 999 times before he could accomplish. All an incandescent does, is use a certain filament that when heated, glows white. So by shoving enough current through a little wire it got hot enough to burn white, very inefficient. Also tungsten filament oxidizes rapidly, so he used argon inside the bulb.
Read how florescent lights work, much more interesting and efficient!
But in the end, Edison did admit his mistake. I am sure without him we would have not progressed as fast as we did.
This is just my oppion :wink:
Regards,
D.J.