As Baked bagel 11 isn't the thread opener, and isn't a moderator, he can't lock threads of others.

This site has become a joke ever since I’ve joined, seriously….

I can see why a lot of members are starting to leave.

Either way, if Bake bagel 11 clicked the button to lock it, it would’ve been by accident.

Well, that example of locking the BT25 topic was my error, I take responsibility for that, and apologise for any anger towards any other members as a result of my mistake.

With that said, I believe this was just an example of something much larger happening.

It's pretty easy to accidentally click.

Hmm, odd, I certainly didn't deliberately click it, nor do I recall accidentally clicking that button. My mistake I guess...

Of course, those lamps should work great on North American single phase 277V 60Hz supplies!!

 I got an Email notification yesterday at 11:02 P.M. EST saying :

 
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From what I understand, Tesla, among others, recommended 220V and 60Hz as the world standard. A cycle of 60Hz makes it easier to calculate 3-phase systems. In North America, it was seen as a prudent move to lower the voltage to 110V for "safety" reasons. In Europe and many other countries, they kept the 220V and lowered the 60Hz to 50Hz for a very political reason : 50 more closely resembles the metric system than 60Hz. Now that the tradition is well established and that there are enormous amounts of appliances and machines that operate on electricity, it is way too difficult to change.

Note : 110V mains were augmented to 120V, and 220V mains were augmented to 230V in some places and 240V in others.

If it was possible, I would vote for 240V and 60Hz as a world wide standard.

At its core 120v power here is actually 240v.

Then who actually locked it? I'll have to do some research and see...edit: Just did some research, not entirely sure who locked it. Post was made in 2025 so I don't remember.

Last thread that was locked was not locked by me.

Wasn't me either, I started the topic. Who else could?

I'm not calling anyone a liar, this is a genuine question...