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World Map of Mains Voltages and Frequencies (lemmy.ca)
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[–] lime@feddit.nu 46 points 1 month ago

the japan one will always be funny.

yeah the west island bought their first generator from the germans so it ran at 50Hz, and the east one bought theirs from the americans so it ran at 60
– and then they unified the systems, right?
...
– right?
anyway that's why switch-mode power supplies were invented