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Nah, I hired an electrician to handle all that for me. Now if I want electricity all I have to do is stick a plug in a socket, or flip a switch. It's way more convenient.
If the power into your house is off from 60Hz (or 50 depending on your region), an electrician isn't going to do diddly.
How could it be off frequecy at house level? Aren't the generators at the powerplants being spun at 50 or 60 times a second?
My understanding is that if electrical demand starts outstripping supply the sinewave can start getting badly mishapen.
From watching videos about synthesizers and playing with VCV Rack I've learned far more about waveforms than I ever did from any electrical education or research