> Mike Singer wrote: > > Bob Ammerman wrote: > > > DC is used for very high voltage (1 MVolt+!) long > > > distance power transmission. For one thing, it > > > avoids the skin effect. > > > > Could you, please, estimate the depth of a skin > > effect in copper lines at 60Hz AC. > > http://www.circuitcellar.com/library/eq/153/3.htm Thanks, I didn't feel like pulling out my E&M text... :) 20mm? Wow, that's worse then I thought, I thought at least an inch. TTYL -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads