Neiko Westinghouse akaudza Tesla kuti aizofanira kubata navabhangi? Tichifunga nezvemubvunzo wapfuura, nyora mashoko akapoteredza mhinduro yacho. Inogona kuva mitsara 1 - 20. Mashoko akapoteredza:
Pakati pemakore okuma1890, kambani yeGeneral Electric, yaitsigirwa nemubhadhari J. P. Morgan, yakabatanidzwa mukuedza kutora uye hondo dzepatent neWestinghouse Electric. Kunyange zvazvo chibvumirano chokugoverana patent chakasainwa pakati pemakambani maviri muna 1896 Westinghouse yakanga ichiri nemari shoma kubva kuhondo yemari. Kuti awane zvimwe zvikwereti, Westinghouse akamanikidzwa kudzokorora Tesla's AC patent, iyo mabhengi aiona semari yemari yekambani (panguva iyoyo Westinghouse yakanga yabhadhara mari inofungidzirwa kuti $ 200,000 mumarezinesi uye mvumo kuna Tesla, Brown, uye Peck). Muna 1897, Westinghouse akatsanangura zvinetso zvake zvemari kuna Tesla nemashoko akajeka, achiti kana zvinhu zvikaramba zvakaita sezvazvaive iye haazove achidzora Westinghouse Electric uye Tesla aifanira "kubata nemabhangi" kuyedza kuunganidza kodzero dzeramangwana. Westinghouse akagutsikana Tesla kusunungura kambani yake kubva rezinesi chibvumirano pamusoro Tesla kuti AC patents mukutsinhana Westinghouse Electric kutenga patents nokuda kwokuripirwa mubhadharo $ 216.000; ichi akapa Westinghouse zororo kubva chii, nokuda nokuchinja kuitika nokukurumidza kuwana mukurumbira, akanga zvazove zvikuru rupo $ 2.50 paminiti AC horsepower royalty.