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From: powell{at}conterra.com
Date: Sat Mar 01 2003 - 16:51:46 EST

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Quoting "Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix)" <jesse{at}weathermatrix.net>:

> Venezuela losing time --literally
> Clocks lose 150 seconds a day due to power shortage
> If you thought Venezuelas political crisis seemed to be dragging for an
> impossibly long time --you were right. In a bizarre mass-malfunction,
> Venezuelas clocks are ticking too slowly due to a power shortage weakening
> the electric current nationwide. By the end of each day, the sluggish time
> pieces still have another 150 seconds to tick before they catch up to
> midnight.
>
> The river powering a major hydroelectric plant in southeast Venezuela lost
> force due to a severe drought in February 2001. To prevent blackouts, the
> country slightly lowered the frequency of the current. For common quartz
> clocks, the slight drop in frequency slows the vibration of the crystal
> that regulates time keeping, he said, adding, "People must be going nuts."
>
> COMPLETE STORY:
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/878368.asp?0cv=TB10

UMMMMM DUHHH !!!! Quartz clocks are battery operated. Electic clocks like the
now not made GE Telechron are VERY frequency dependent. Quartz clocks aren't
normally plugged in. I don't know about clock radios, but I expect NOT, as
there is a DC supply. Maybe so, but a wall clock NOT.

Powell ( who likes those old GE's that run for 70+ years!)

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