08-15-2013, 09:36 PM
This dumb question.....(not dumb at all) brought to mind a recent trip to Boston. While walking on Clarendon St the building which housed the old Hard Rock Café and earlier a wonderful nightclub called Jason's has a very interesting feature on the side of the building. There is a Boston Edison panel which still says this building is served
by Edison DC service only. When the building was rewired to AC I do not know.
Even more interesting is Con Edison service in NYC where parts of Manhattan still had only DC service until the late 50's. I have advertising by Con Edison listing brands of TV's radios and appliances for DC use available at their stores with listings of other dealers where this stuff could be purchased. Tesla must have had a laugh as Thomas Edison's DC breathed its last breath although he may have been too busy tending to sick pigeons by that time in his life.
by Edison DC service only. When the building was rewired to AC I do not know.
Even more interesting is Con Edison service in NYC where parts of Manhattan still had only DC service until the late 50's. I have advertising by Con Edison listing brands of TV's radios and appliances for DC use available at their stores with listings of other dealers where this stuff could be purchased. Tesla must have had a laugh as Thomas Edison's DC breathed its last breath although he may have been too busy tending to sick pigeons by that time in his life.
