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smckinty@sunicnc.France.Sun.COM (Steve McKinty - Sun ICNC) writes:
>> The fact that we are 50Hz and France is 60Hz might be observed too. :)
>Except that France isn't. It's 220v 50Hz, like most (all?) of Europe.

      Power line frequency conversion stations are rare.  There's a big one
at Broken Hill, Australia, because the mines run on 40Hz (!).  For most of
a century, Broken Hill was electrically isolated, but a few years back,
the power grid finally reached there, requiring a frequency conversion.
Very messy.  Big resonance problems.  The mine has huge, intermittent loads
with bad power factors.  All solid-state, though; it's not done with
rotating machinery.

					John Nagle