Blackout 1965

[John Francini]

More likely, the power generated had a frequency somewhat higher than 60 Hz. Most turntables of the day (like clocks) used synchronous motors whose speed was determined by the incoming line frequency. The frequency of power from the utility was (and likely still is) highly regulated to be as close to 60 cycles per second as possible. 

Generator power is not that well regulated, so devices that rely on line frequency as a synchronization source will run at different speeds than intended. 

Most likely that generator was running fast.

john

btw: For those of us on the BRI list that didn’t see the original post, can you send a link? 




> On 10 Nov 2015, at 8:04 , Lou <lspin@comcast.net> wrote:
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> Mark,
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> Great piece!  I, too, remember hearing Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg on WMEX
> through a transistor radio.  The music was playing a bit fast.  I had asked
> my dad why, and he explained the use of generators.  I guess the power
> generated wasn't very clean.  In The North End, where I lived, the only
> lights to be seen were the bright lights of the newly renovated St.
> Stephen's Church, again courtesy of a generator.
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> Your discussion of The Cold War was interesting, as well.  A lot of people
> we spoke with were fearing that it was "The Russians" doing evil things to
> us.  Others were blaming UFOs.  It was a Twilight Zone-y night, for sure.
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