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Power socket types around the world(upload.wikimedia.org)

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768@sh.itjust.works
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Power socket type variance is just a symptom of the underlying issue of historic networks whose requirements were or are adjusted to the given conditions of electric power generation, transport or consumption.

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tiredofsametab@kbin.social
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We have different operating frequencies here in Japan depending upon which part you’re in. Some is 50hz some is 60hz.

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768@sh.itjust.works
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Are devices generally interoperable?

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tiredofsametab@kbin.social
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These days, yes. Older devices were usually only made for one frequency or the other. Clocks, for example, would not keep time correctly if they were using the cycles as a way to count time and were used in the opposite area for which they were designed.

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