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Article #14197Re: Japanese Equipment in USA
From: Bob Myers
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1991 16:50
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1991 16:50
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>We will be having a visitor from Japan in out lab this summer,
>and he is wondering if his 100V Japanese electrical equipment
>will work on North American 120V/60Hz electricity. What's the
>line frequency in Japan? Can his equipment tolerate this much
Unfortunately, the answer to this depends on where in Japan he's coming from;
the line frequency for Tokyo/Yokohama and *north* is 60 Hz. For the southern
part of Japan - south of a line across Honshu, roughly east-west just south
of Yokohama - it's 50 Hz. Believe it or don't!
Bob Myers KC0EW HP Graphics Tech. Div.| Opinions expressed here are not
Ft. Collins, Colorado | those of my employer or any other
myers@fc.hp.com | sentient life-form on this planet.
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