Ralf Mardorf wrote:


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Subject:     Re: [LAD] A little quiz about audio measurements...
Date:     Fri, 28 May 2010 21:17:38 +0200
From:     Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]>
To:     Veronica Merryfield <[email protected]>
CC:     Linux Audio Developers <[email protected]>
References: <20100528123116.ga4...@zita2> <[email protected]> <20100528153747.gf4...@zita2> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>


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> The times I have measured the power line frequency to check it's effect or otherwise, I have not measured it as exactly 50.0hz (when I lived in the UK). >
> Vrnc

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OT followup:

Oberhausen, Rheinland, Germany; power line frequency right now is at 49 Hz, measured with a low cost energy consumption costs meter. Those low cost meters shouldn't be able to do correct measurements ;). The best test at home might be to compare the sound of a transformer with a 50 Hz sine wave.

Really OT, but maybe anyway interesting, regarding to a German Wiki, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netzfrequenz:

Because of magnetostriction of the ferrite core, the sound of transformer stations is at 100 Hz. Dunno if this is the same for transformer in our power supplies too.

The load of the public power supply will change the frequency in Western Europe < 0,2 Hz. When there was a blackout at 11/04/2006 the frequency change like this: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Netzfrequenz_20061104_Area_1.jpg&filetimestamp=20061112123742

Regarding to the German Wiki http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterfrequenz all power stations need to disconnect at 47.5 Hz. At 49.8 Hz there is an alert.

We should assume that the frequency in Western Europe is solid 50.19 to 49.81 ;).
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