[BC] Western Union Clocks

[David Kaye]

--- On Fri, 6/29/12, jeff at rfproof.com <jeff at rfproof.com> wrote:

> I have my grandparents' pink mirrored, octagonal Telechron,
> which still runs. They were synch'd to the 60 cps power
> line. I've read where power companies may be abandoning the
> cps timing.

Probably won't be happening in the SF area any time soon.  PG&E still turns city street lights on and off via the power system.  I don't remember if it's pulses or some kind of phase shift, but the lights fade on and fade off over a period of about 5 seconds.