[time-nuts] The home time-lab
Hal Murray
hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Mon Jul 25 15:23:35 EDT 2016
kb8tq at n1k.org said:
> If you go back far enough in time …. there is another alternative:
> Big rectifier bank, turning AC into DC, often off of multiple phases
> or sources.
> Big DC motor running into a fairly large flywheel.
> AC generator (or in some cases DC generators) running off of the
> shaft
I've seen a setup with an AC motor. Also on the shaft was a clutch and
diesel motor. The flywheel had to last long enough to get it started.
I remember tales of a system having troubles keeping time. It was traced
back to a 50-60 Hz converter box that wasn't putting out 60 Hz. Things got
better when they gave it a tuneup. That was back in the '80s. It seems
strange now that there were power supplies that couldn't handle 50 Hz.
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