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Electrical Question 50Hz and 60Hz
On 23/05/2018 17:54, Scott wrote:
On Wed, 23 May 2018 07:25:28 -0700 (PDT), harry wrote: It primarily effects motors. Many will run faster on 60Hz than 50Hz so sometimes causing overload. Heaters, no difference. My cousin brought a synchronous clock from Canada to Europe. From that point onwards time seemed to drag :-) My boss brought a clock radio from US to UK (in the days they weren't available over here) and bought an auto-transformer to work it on our supply. I didn't bother to warn him that if would run rather slow. -- Max Demian |
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