Transmission Line Power Losses - 3 Types

There are 3 major types of line losses alone power/transmission lines. They are resistive, capacitive, and inductive. In this video, find out how these work, the differences between them, and which type(s) of electricity they affect.

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[ghostdog]

The last mention about transformers making AC more prolific was huge.

[PacoOtis]

Excellently presented! Thanks for sharing and best of luck!

[TheBigBanggggg]

@ 3:56 I think that it's only a voltage that is being stored.

[TechnicalAdvisorAtaúro]

Erin., you causing trouble in my head.... I was not suppoed to think about DC ...its like a bad habit

[maryadutawardana]

escuse me. before i'm from indonesia, and i wanna asking about range power losses transmission system. is there a transmission system power loss tolerance limit??. how much percent power losses has allowed in transmission system. i have to say sorry about my broken english and thank you for attention to my question 🙏

[peterkeir]

You missed leakage resistance in transmission lines. Also you are only as you said talking about the same voltage. DC must be down converted via massive semiconductor inverters and converted to AC 110 or 220v and in phase with the grid. Losses in the 10% range would have to be very short transmission lines indeed

[sswafford]

That's the math then there's the conductor size to use DC in transmission, that limits the voltage, and the truth is DC can't be transformed easily, it requires complicated unreliable circuitry to change it's characteristics. All in all A/C is still the better choice.