N'ihi gịnị ka Westinghouse ji gwa Tesla na ya ga-eso ndị na-echekwa ego na-emekọ ihe? N'iburu ajụjụ nke mbụ n'uche, dee ihe gbara ya gburugburu bụ́ nke ga-enye azịza ya. Ọ nwere ike ịbụ 1 - 20 ahịrịokwu. Ihe ndị gbara ya gburugburu:
N'etiti afọ ndị 1890, ụlọ ọrụ General Electric, nke onye na-azụ ego J. P. Morgan kwadoro, tinyere aka na nnwale nnweta na ọgụ patent na Westinghouse Electric. Ọ bụ ezie na ụlọ ọrụ abụọ ahụ bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ nkwekọrịta nkesa patent na 1896 Westinghouse ka na-enwe ego site na agha ego. Iji nweta ego ndị ọzọ, a manyere Westinghouse ileba anya na patent AC nke Tesla, nke ndị ụlọ akụ weere na ọ bụ nsogbu ego na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ (n'oge ahụ Westinghouse kwụrụ ihe ruru $ 200,000 na ikikere na ikike na Tesla, Brown, na Peck). N'afọ 1897, Westinghouse kọwaara Tesla nsogbu ego ya n'ụzọ doro anya, na-ekwu na ọ bụrụ na ihe na-aga n'ihu n'ụzọ ha si eme, ọ gaghịzi achịkwa Westinghouse Electric na Tesla ga-enwerịrị "mmekọrịta na ndị na-azụ ego" iji gbalịa ịnakọta ụgwọ ọrụ n'ọdịnihu. Westinghouse kwenyesiri ike na Tesla ka ọ hapụ ụlọ ọrụ ya site na nkwekọrịta ikikere na patent AC nke Tesla na mgbanwe maka Westinghouse Electric na-azụta patent maka ịkwụ ụgwọ ego nke $ 216,000; nke a nyere Westinghouse ezumike site na ihe, n'ihi mmụba ngwa ngwa nke ugbu a na-ewu ewu, bụ ihe karịrị $ 2.50 maka ikike ikike AC.