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Why doesn't western Japan use 60 Hz, like everyone else in Japan?
by kazinator 1y ago
Why doesn't western Japan use 60 Hz, like everyone else in Japan?
- sidewndr46 1y agoThat area of Japan's standard is actually 100 volts/60 Hz from what I recall. Which is even weirder
- unsignedint 1y agoActually, it’s the western region of Japan that uses 60 Hz. In the early days of electrification (around the 1880s), during the transition from DC to AC, western Japan adopted a 60 Hz standard using a generator built by General Electric. Meanwhile, eastern Japan imported a generator from the German company AEG, which operated at 50 Hz.