[RE-wrenches] Slow clocks

[James Rudolph]

Here in American Samoa the electronic clocks always run fast, a few minutes
gained every other day due to high frequency issues (65+Hz) that plague the
Island. The local power authority keeps the diesel generators cranked.

Hope this help a little.
.

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Kristopher Schmid
<solman at legacysolar.com>wrote:

> I have an off-grid client who tells me that his clocks lose about 1 minute
> per hour while he is running his backup generator.  Has anyone seen this
> before?  Do clocks use the zero crossing on a 60Hz wave for keeping time
> and
> could a frequency discrepency in the generator cause this?
>
> My thanks to the brain trust...
>
> Kris
>
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