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Originally Posted by MadMan

25 Hz?!

Weird. What would happen if you used 60Hz? Like... the transformer would still work, right? I don't even.

It will run very cool, the filter caps will be rediculously oversized and there should be much less residual ripple on the B+ lines.

The first AC system run off Niagra falls was 25Hz (it was that way due to the dam originally being designed for pneumatic power, and there being no standard for AC yet) and it created many pockets of 25Hz in the northeast and Canada many of which lingered into the the 50's-70's, and in electric rail systems still opperate today...Because it was a standard it saw some extensive use in California and some other pockets in the southwest and elsewhere. If you buy enough 50's and earlier TVs and radios eventually you'll come across one.