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From: tbetz@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Betz)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Space Station power supply (was Re: Lithium cells)
Keywords: radiative losses
Message-ID: <6098@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 25 Aug 88 00:50:16 GMT
References: <880729-124705-5997@Xerox> <629@splut.UUCP> <6011@dasys1.UUCP> <2525@sugar.uu.net>
Reply-To: tbetz@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Betz)
Organization: Zen Community of New York
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In article <2525@sugar.uu.net> peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
|In article <6011@dasys1.UUCP>, tbetz@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Betz) writes:
|> The reason NASA offered for using 20KHz AC is that just about any desired
|> frequency can be obtained by using filters, obviating the need for much 
|> heavier transformers.
|
|What, including the X MHz for the computers?

I think they'll let the crystals in the boxes take care of that.

Of course, I was talking about AC power frequencies.

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