From: noone@nospam.com   
      
   There's an old US base here in Crete, 20 km from the city I live   
   (Iraklion, Crete, Greece) in Gournes. It was decomissioned at the end of   
   the Cold War, in 1991. Originally it was wired for 110 Volt, complete   
   with US distribution panels and 4150/110 volt transformers. When I was   
   working as an apprentice for a company that did public contracts (a   
   public contractor?) we were rewiring a building for 220 volts and modern   
   structured cabling. I learnt much on the way. Now I'm wondering, this US   
   base was draining the Cretan grid, from MV (15 kV at the time) and 50   
   Hz, of course. Their equipment came from the USA. Did they use special   
   equipment for 50 Hz, or did they use generic 60 Hz US equipment and it   
   worked OK?   
      
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