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In alternating current the flow of electric charge periodically reverses direction. Nikola Tesla was an inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. Tesla devised a better system for electrical transmission - the AC system that we use in our homes today. AC offered great advantages over the DC system. By using Tesla's newly developed Transformers, AC voltages could be stepped up and transmitted over long distances through thin wires.

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