Hi guys, some questions here...
I intended to light my entire house with regular CFL, which I just found out could be operate on straight DC.
The long cable gets me thinking, if I better off rectify the AC main first, fed it to small capacitor bank, maybe 330uF, then fed it to the CFLs.
I thought I could get away with the cable inductive reactance, thus reducing power loss.
Am I on the right track?
I mean, I just read somewhere about the advantages of AC, but hey, I'm not intending to transform the voltage nor current, so DC suppose to be better.
Also, I'm thinking if this is the better way to extend the CFL's life, because of the capacitor would suppress any high spike and noise.
I'm not sure about the power factor though.
I intended to light my entire house with regular CFL, which I just found out could be operate on straight DC.
The long cable gets me thinking, if I better off rectify the AC main first, fed it to small capacitor bank, maybe 330uF, then fed it to the CFLs.
I thought I could get away with the cable inductive reactance, thus reducing power loss.
Am I on the right track?
I mean, I just read somewhere about the advantages of AC, but hey, I'm not intending to transform the voltage nor current, so DC suppose to be better.
Also, I'm thinking if this is the better way to extend the CFL's life, because of the capacitor would suppress any high spike and noise.
I'm not sure about the power factor though.