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Default OT-Power grid changes

On Jun 24, 10:55*pm, Tom Gardner Mars@tacks wrote:
On 6/25/2011 3:09 AM, azotic wrote:









(AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - A yearlong experiment with the nation's electric
grid could mess up traffic lights, security systems and some computers -
and make plug-in clocks and appliances like programmable coffeemakers
run up to 20 minutes fast.


"A lot of people are going to have things break and they're not going to
know why," said Demetrios Matsakis, head of the time service department
at the U.S. Naval Observatory, one of two official timekeeping agencies
in the federal government.


Read mo
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...ain20074275.sh...


So will shop motors run slower or faster ?


Best Regards
Tom.


We MUST stop using electricity all together, it causes Global Climate
Change!


Lets just convert all the lights to solar power. Then they'll work
whenever the Sun's out.
Karl