The War of the Currents (1880) ⚡⚡⚡

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As "War of the Currents" is known as the period of the 1880s, when Nikola Tesla faced Thomas Edison and JP Morgan, in an economic and technological struggle to establish their patents and ideas about the development of electric energy. Nikola Tesla promoted the current alterna, while Edison the current continues, finally the alternating current Tesla was imposed and is currently used.

Tesla vs Edison

Westinghouse Electric vs General Electric

Edison was alarmed by the appearance of Tesla's technology, which threatened his interests in a field he had created.

Nikola Tesla ended up giving patents to Westinghouse to continue with their alternative energy projects, the same one that is used today.

Edison and Tesla clashed in a battle of public relations, which the newspapers called "war of currents", to determine which system would become the dominant technology . It is often mistakenly believed that Edison executed an elephant as a propaganda against alternating current, however this happened ten years after what is considered the end of the War of the Currents, and it is known that Edison does not it had nothing to do with the execution but his company. To neutralize this initiative, Nikola Tesla was exposed to a CA that went through his body without causing him any harm. Faced with this test, Edison could do nothing and his prestige was momentarily eroded.

During the Chicago World Fair of 1893, Tesla had his great opportunity. When Westinghouse submitted a budget for half of what it requested General Electric, the Fair's lighting was awarded to it and Tesla was able to display its generators and AC motors.

Later, the Niagara Falls Power Company commissioned Westinghouse to develop its transmission system. It was the end of the "War of the currents" and the beginning of the widespread use of the Alternating Current for the distribution of electricity.