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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Not 120 V at 60 Hz
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Date: Fri, 20-Jul-84 17:09:44 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 20 17:09:44 1984
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Its to bad that the world started out with 60 hz instead of something higher.
I have seen military equipment designed in both a 60hz version and a 400 hz
version and the difference in weight is enormous. 


John Eaton
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But the power losses in transmission would have been enormous at 400 Hz.
This is presumably why some places (like Southern Ontario) started at
much lower frequencies such as 25Hz.
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Martin Taylor
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