POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : UK mains voltage : Re: UK mains voltage Server Time
6 Sep 2024 01:23:24 EDT (-0400)
  Re: UK mains voltage  
From: Orchid XP v8
Date: 6 Jun 2009 13:44:55
Message: <4a2aab17@news.povray.org>
> Again, dunno why US uses 60Hz, but 50Hz is less lethal (ie. you need
> more current to distract your heart) than 60Hz. This has something to do
> with 60Hz almost syncing to some multiply of normal, health heartbeat.
> Don't remember the details (I was told this at school something like 12
> years ago).

Well, given that a normal heartbeat ranges from 50 to 150 BPM depending 
on how much exercise you're doing...

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