why -48 volt

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shahnawaz

Joined Dec 30, 2008
37
hi dear all

i really appreciate and thanks to ur support.
well i have another question dearssss

why we use DC -48 volt for telecom equipments instead of +48 volt DC.
and what impact really does on the equipment when we use same ground points for rectifier and inverter. i mean can we use any earth point same for AC and DC circuits.
 

KL7AJ

Joined Nov 4, 2008
2,229
There's yet another reason for the positive ground that most people don't know about.

In the early days of telephones, the lead acid batteries were built with the lead forming the actual casing...this was grounded to the office floor. The negative terminal (lead sulphide) was suspended inside the casing and floating "below" ground potential.

Of course, with modern battery construction, this original reason no longer applies...but with tens of millions of phones in operation by the first ten years of the past century...there was no point in changing!

Now you know!

:)

eric
 
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