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  1. JerryH2

    The Y1936 Problem

    Gentlemen: There are really two different questions in voiced in this: 1) Why the US (and most of the Americas) uses 60 Hz and Europe (and the rest of the world) uses 50 Hz? 2) Why does the US uses 110 V (now set at 120 V) and Europe uses 220 V (now set to 230 V)? It does seem to be a...
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