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		Japan's split power frequency leads to rolling blackouts (ieee.org)
		4 points by kreek on March 14, 2011 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

zwieback on March 14, 2011 [–]

Thanks, learned something new. Apparently Japan got early power plants from Germany (50Hz) and the US (60Hz) and never unified their systems. They have converters at the intersection but they must not be very big.

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