[sdiy] Re: Hertz Wars !

[jorgen.bergfors at idg.se]

> just that 60hz is better, thats all. It allows you to use
> smaller filter caps for the same ripple, does not throw a
> magnetic field as far through a metal shield, and the higher
> frequency is easier to attenuate in oh, lets say... one of
> those noisy Oberheim Matrix 1000 power supplies.

Well, there was a problem, at least initially, to run motors on 60 or even
50 Hz. That's why most railways in Europe settled on 16 2/3 Hz. If you
travelled by train in the sixties, or earlier, you might remember the cozy
16 2/3 Hz flicker of the light bulbs.

/Jorgen