electro-Physics: 17.3409 volts

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Fri Dec 10 20:49:30 2004

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Eric Smith wrote:

>
> > I saw yesterday a claim that the 60Hz in the US was a Tesla invention,
> > but the info didn't elaborate on why he chose that figure if so...
>
> It was chosen to be very close to the NTSC vertical sync rate
> of 59.94 Hz. :-)

Hmm yes, that's proven to be very popular :-)
Received on Fri Dec 10 2004 - 20:49:30 GMT