I always thought it was 60hz for ever!, but (googling) 25 -> 60 in 1949+/-, (in canada) you're no spring chicken!! :)
-tl On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 9:56 PM, Peter Hiscocks via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > > > > Modern motor controllers can be quite tolerant of significant voltage > > variation. However, I doubt they're changing the voltage. > > I'm not a power systems engineer, but it could be that changing the supply > voltage would be a matter of changing taps on a transformer. > > As for flag day - I remember as a kid when there was a changeover to 60Hz > in the hydro system. (Was it 20Hz before that? Something much lower.) > Anyway, every electric motor in the house had to be changed. Must have > cost a fortune. > > P. > > > > -- > Peter Hiscocks > Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto > http://www.syscompdesign.com > USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator > 647-839-0325 > > --- > Talk Mailing List > talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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