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Default OT-Power grid changes

(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.


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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...#ixzz1QGjmtbRD

So will shop motors run slower or faster ?

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Tom.

 
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