Japan’s incompatible power grids (From July, 2011)

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Japan’s incompatible power grids (From July, 2011)

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Please note that this article is from July, 2011, but it is still a bit of interesting history. From Japan Times:

Japan’s incompatible power grids
As Japan sweats through this summer of inadequate power, many more people now know that there are different electrical supply systems in eastern and western Japan, and that the two systems are incompatible. This is such a crazy situation that I’d really be interested to know the history behind it. Can you find out how the heck it came about?
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Re: Japan’s incompatible power grids (From July, 2011)

Post by takenoko »

I'm surprised they don't overhaul that, but it does sound like a massive undertaking with probably little cost/efficiency benefit to it, other than convenience.
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