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On Jul 17, 10:08*pm, John Smith wrote:
On 7/17/2011 6:39 PM, J R wrote:

Power Grid Tampering Will End An Era.
http://www.jimstonefreelance.com
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Whatever they do with the 60Hz standard is NOT going to fly
unnoticed . Synchronized power grid has worked for many , many years
and many different machines (besides the alarm clocks) are dependent
upon a stable , reliable frequency source . If something works so well
-- then why would somebody want to mess it up ?

Because the frequency shift comes from loading down the grid. And to keep
it stable, they fire up the peaking plants. These are gas turbines or
a big coal plant that they keep on standby. Either way, it's expensive.
This way they can skimp a little bit on that.

The World Radio TV Handbook had notes for each country that doesn't
have grid stable enough to run a clock. Welcome to the Third World.

Mark Zenier
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