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Article #21765Re: 50 Hz in Europe... Was the decision political?
From: Atsushi Kawaguchi
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 02:13
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 02:13
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In article <2332@ektools.UUCP> kinsman@ektools.UUCP (Andrew A. Kinsman) writes: > > I was wondering if anybody on the net had any historical > information on why Europe is 50Hz? On a related matter, in Japan, everything east/north of Mt. Fuji, including Tokyo runs on 100v AC/50hz power line, and everywhere west/south, including Osaka, runs 100v AC/60hz power line. The reason was, power company in Tokyo side didn't talk about getting a generator with Osaka side, and they got it from European country. Likewise, Osaka side bought a generator from U.S. without consulting anyone. Many appliances sold in Japan which needs to set frequency has a small switch to select frequency, but some machines like old microwave, must be taken to ship to flip a switch. U U SSSS CCCC Atsushi Jun Kawaguchi U US C INTERNET: kawaguch@girtab.usc.edu U U SSS C U U SC UUU SSSS CCCC
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!chaph.usc.edu!ohe-sun3.usc.edu!kawaguch From: kawaguch@ohe-sun3.usc.edu (Atsushi Kawaguchi) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: 50 Hz in Europe... Was the decision political? Message-ID: <7006@chaph.usc.edu> Date: 13 Dec 89 02:13:16 GMT References: <2332@ektools.UUCP> Sender: news@chaph.usc.edu Reply-To: kawaguch@ohe-sun3.usc.edu (Atsushi Kawaguchi) Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 19