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Originally Posted by nasadowsk
Unless you live in the territory of a certain power authority east of NYC, in which case the voltage service they give you is just a suggestion....
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LILCO? I believe that any electricity they give you arrive more by luck than good judgement
Or so it seemed when I was there occasionally in the mid 1990s.
Coming back to Europe, or specifically the UK. We had a wide variety of voltages and frequencies as local generators were free to choose. Then came the national grid in the 1930s which forced the frequency to be standardised at 50Hz. Don't know why 50Hz but that's what was chosen. I think the voltage was standardised at 240V at the same time. I know that DC mains were available in the City of London up to the late 1960s. Used for DC motors on lifts etc.