From: krw@nowhere.com   
      
   On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 13:17:12 +0300, Tzortzakakis Dimitrios   
    wrote:   
      
   >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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