AC Power Cables vs. DC Power Cables

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Anonymous Poster	AC Power Cables vs. DC Power Cables 09/14/2009 1:15 AM
	what is diffrence between AC power cables and DC power cables
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#1 Re: cables 09/14/2009 8:02 AM
	You can't use DC power cables in an AC application, but you can use AC power cables in a DC application. DC current only flows one way, so AC current would get trapped in a DC power cable, and if left unchecked, the cable would eventually explode from all the accumulated AC power that has no place to go. You can understand this more clearly by looking at an AC power cord and DC power cord. The AC power cord has only one connector with multiple pins. DC power cord has one pin per conductor. That's so the power can always get out. Hope this helps!
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Bill Guru Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Clemson, South Carolina Posts: 1722 Good Answers: 18	#2 In reply to #1 Re: cables 09/14/2009 8:53 AM
	That is so believable, I'm not going to try to explain any further! __________________ We have met the enemy and he is us . . . Walt Kelly
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sb Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2550 Good Answers: 103	#3 In reply to #1 Re: cables 09/14/2009 9:19 AM
	Very scientifically stated. Thanks that you didn't go into electrons and holes. But then which of the pins are meant for the electron and which one for hole? __________________ Fantastic ideas for a Fantastic World, I make the illogical logical.They put me in cars,they put me in yer tv.They put me in stereos and those little radios you stick in your ears.They even put me in watches, they have teeny gremlins for your watches
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#4 In reply to #3 Re: cables 09/14/2009 11:31 AM
	I think my answer is on the same level as the question.
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