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Why Does The Frequncy of USA & India is Diffrent ?

09/11/2011 4:26 AM

which frequncy is more resonable for in term of cost

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09/11/2011 6:13 AM

Look on Google!

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09/11/2011 9:07 AM

not on in freq. dude lot of difference.Machines in US are smaller and insulation is high in India.

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09/11/2011 9:34 AM

America is faster than India, Europe and many other countries. In USA politicians run for office. Our politicians stand for elections. Many similar small difference. So they need 60Hz.

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09/11/2011 9:46 AM

Excellent response to a silly question!

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09/11/2011 10:11 AM

Also their politicians ponder the consequences of their actions to the point of complete inaction while ours go running off without a single thought as to what the outcome of their actions will be.

Maybe we could meet in the middle at 55 Hz?

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09/11/2011 10:24 AM

i am afraid the Twain shall never meet...

When they were planning the Channel Tunnel, the biggest problem was how to manage the traffic...both sides driving on the wrong side of the road.

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09/12/2011 6:16 PM

btw. According to my "Book of the BSA" (motorcyclists handbook) circa 1934, at that time in Italy they drove on both sides of the road in different regions. Some would say not much has changed!

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09/13/2011 12:12 AM

Yes, i had the pleasure of being chauffered in Italy by a young man who thought he was Schumacher. i had to keep my mouth shut to prevent my heart popping out of it...not a problem since we didn't have a common language. An average speed of 150kmph on roads barely wider than the car. But absolutely disciplined traffic compared to where i come from....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjrEQaG5jPM

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09/11/2011 10:09 AM

Bravo

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09/11/2011 11:10 PM

Well, someone didn't like this one...it was GA yesterday and someone voted against it.... whoever you are, sorry you were offended, friend !

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09/12/2011 2:44 AM

That was PM of India, its GA but no point in voting as some one from his cabinet will nullify it again

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09/12/2011 3:27 AM

Oh, thanks for the info..... but are the cabinet members literate enough to learn English, then computers, then register of CR4, then vote against... if so, i am very heartened with the progress...from the days of angoothachaap (the guys who put thumb impressions instead of signature) ministers....

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09/12/2011 4:13 AM

Good point, But its nexus of minister and strong bureaucrats.

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09/12/2011 5:04 AM

If enough of us chip in a good GA might stick.

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09/12/2011 5:55 PM

now that everyone has made jokes (and some good ones too!) to answer your question it is mostly historical and it comes about because India used to be a British Colony and the UK used 50hz. as to which is more reasonable costwise depends on where you are and what frequency is used there. if you try to use a motor designed for 60 hz on a 50 hz system, you will get slower shaft speed and overheating. motors and transformers and solenoids and relays designed for 50 hz have more iron in them to compensate for the lower frequency. so from a manufacturing perspective these items are cheaper when designed for 60 hz because you save on iron, but the difference is not a lot. the bigger issue is that the US uses 120V per phase at a higher current whereas most of the rest of the world uses 240V at a lower current. this reduces the amount of copper required to carry the load (because wire size is driven by current, not voltage.), but the downside is that 240V is more likely to cause serious harm if a person is inadvertently shocked. 120V will hurt, but in many cases won't kill you. the 120V number was chosen by Westinghouse because during the fight for dominance between GE/Edison's DC system and Tesla/Westinghouse's AC system, Edison started a smear campaign about how dangerous AC electricity was so a voltage was chosen low enough that it was unlikely to kill anyone unless they were immersed in water or could not otherwise break the circuit. He'd hold public exhibitions and use AC to electrocute animals and even got the NY prison system to execute prisoners using an electric chair using AC to try to scare people into using his DC system, but AC won out.

For electronic devices (those without motors and such) the power supplies are usually able to deal with either one, often automatically, others need to have a switch thrown first, so all you have to do is plug in the appropriate line cord with the right plug ont he end and away you go. but for things with electric motors and such, it isn't so simple.

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09/12/2011 6:00 PM

further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_frequency

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09/12/2011 8:35 PM

Now that is a GA, thank you.

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09/13/2011 1:10 PM

"it comes about because India used to be a British Colony and the UK used 50hz. "

But wait, the US is a former British colony, why didn't we adopt 50Hz from them too?

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09/13/2011 2:32 PM

we split off a lot longer ago, before either Edison or Tesla were even twinkles in their grandparent's eyes...

electrification started here and moved across the atlantic where different standards were chosen and used.

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