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on Wed, 9 Mar 2011 02:19:24 -0800 (PST)
Man at B&Q wrote:

On Mar 8, 10:27Â*pm, Skipweasel
wrote:
In article o.uk,
says...

The frequency is very important, it's maintained at 50Hz +/- 1% ie
49.5 to 50.5 Hz nut National Grid work to an operational limit of +/-
0.4% (+/- 0.2Hz).

There's also a close tolerance on the total number of cycles in the day,
too.

Had a quick fossick for it, but found this instead...

http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/Elect...ncy/Freq60.htm

Surprised no one has posted this yet http://www.dynamicdemand.co.uk/grid.htm


This site shows lots of useful info on one page:

http://www.bmreports.com/bsp/bsp_home.htm

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Terry