PDP8A chassis 50Hz

Wai-Sun Chia waisun.chia at hp.com
Sun Sep 19 09:31:56 CDT 2004


Question:
Would the mismatch in mains frequency affect the performance of the 
rated ferro-resonant transformer (i.e. regulation)?


 > A PDP8A chassis is listed on eBay, in the USA
 >
 > 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=5124686380&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
 >
 > Wonder what someone will think when they find out it's 50Hz only.
 > It's in the pictures, but not in the writeup.
 >
 > Ed K.
 >
 >

That should not really matter that much, it is still 115 volts.
The block of iron in the transformer is a little overspec-ed for 60Hz.

Ed G.



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