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Re: 208/240V, was: 25 Hz Powe

> "240V" is usually a "real" (more or > less...) 240V based on tapping two 120V legs against each other. If > they're (...
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posted by bonomi
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Re: Keokuk Dam & 25Hz Power

> When I was young I was told that the dam at Keokuk, IA generated 25Hz > power. Since construction was completed in 19...
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posted by bonomi
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Re Who Used 25 HZ Power in 50's

We understood users of 25 HZ power were electrochemicals in Niagara Falls, like Hooker and Carboruncum as well as steel...
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posted by lilburn.ga.30047
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Re: Gas Refrigerator (was 25 Hz Power)

>>> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: A water cooler with a DC motor is >>> interesting; but did you ever see a _refrigera...
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posted by nospam.kd1s
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Re: Gas Refrigerator (was 25 Hz Power)

> Someone mentioned Bell using jet engines for central office power > backup. I'm kind of surprised at this. The electr...
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posted by Wesrock
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Re: Gas Refrigerator (was 25 Hz Power)

> In the 1970s this all changed with the energy crisis. I believe the > domestic gas sources ran out and now gas had to...
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posted by jmcharry
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Re: Keokuk Dam & 25Hz Power

> Justa Lurker wrote: >> Not necessarily ... the resulting waveform would be quite fine >> ... imagine a 25 Hz motor on...
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posted by jmcharry
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Re: 208/240V, was: 25 Hz Power

> John McHarry wrote >> Some places the power company, at least in the past, got cheap and used >> two pole pigs to del...
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posted by jmcharry
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25 Hz railroad power--book recommendation

I see there was a lot of interest in power distribution. There's an excellent book that covers the history of electric...
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posted by hancock4
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Re: The 411 on Directory Assistance

> By FRED A. BERNSTEIN > The New York Times > March 9, 2006 > Calling 411 for directory assistance can be maddeningly e...
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posted by hancock4
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Re: Bell System Phone Label Code?

> I've come back to this thread in search of a new theory. I liked the > M = modular idea but I've saw a new ebay listi...
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posted by hancock4
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Re: Gas Refrigerator (was 25 Hz Power)

>> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: A water cooler with a DC motor is >> interesting; but did you ever see a _refrigerato...
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posted by hancock4
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Re: Gas Refrigerator (was 25 Hz Power)

> Being 9 or 10 years old at the time I was fascinated that a device > could be built that could make cold using only a...
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posted by jsw
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Tornado Damage in Kansas, Elsewhere

Tornadoes Rip Across Midwest, Killing 10 By JOHN O'CONNOR, Associated Press Writer Swarms of tornadoes killed at least...
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posted by ap
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