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From: howard@tp2.Waterloo.NCR.COM (Howard F. Steel)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Line frequency and voltage in East Germany??
Message-ID: <428@tp2.Waterloo.NCR.COM>
Date: 21 Jul 89 11:39:42 GMT
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In article <928@rex.cs.tulane.edu> nguyen@rex.UUCP (Van Thanh Hoang Nguyen)
writes:

>    I am planning to purchase a cassette radio to be used in East Germany.
>I need to know what the power line frequency and voltage are in East Germany.

220 Volt (+/- 5%), 50 Hertz, for residential use.

>Also, would I need a converter for the plug?

Yes; you will need to convert from a 16 Amp, 250V, CEE7 type of plug (the ones
with the 2 round pins and the metal earthing contact on the side).

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