[GTALUG] mysterious restarts

Lennart Sorensen lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Wed Jun 15 10:12:43 EDT 2016


On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:15:43PM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote:
> A few years ago, I read a book about power systems in Ontario.  There
> were a few different frequencies, other than 25 & 60 Hz.  There were
> even rotary converters (combination motor & alternator in one unit) to
> change the frequency.  I seem to recall there was still one to convert
> to 25 Hz for industrial users in the Buffalo area.

Apparently there was 25Hz produced at Niagara for industrial users
until 2009.  The cost to change all that equipment was considered too
high and not worth it.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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