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From: scotth@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM (Scott R. Herzinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac in Europe
Message-ID: <4987@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 3 Nov 89 19:41:43 GMT
References: <13526@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
Reply-To: scotth@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM (Scott R. Herzinger)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <13526@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> ghe@nucthy.physics.orst.edu (Guangliang He) writes:
>
>But nevertheless, you don't need a special transformer, Mac+ will work
>under 50Hz and 60Hz power. So you don't have to have a special
>transformer, a usual one will do it. (I checked the Mac+ owner's manual
>this time.)  

I don't think that this is quite right, yet.  You do need a "special"
transformer, in the sense that a 50Hz transformer is not the "usual"
one you can pick up in the US; it's typically a special-order item.
A 50Hhz transformer is the normal one in Europe.  A 60Hz transformer
could melt down when operated at capacity with a 50Hhz supply.

Scott
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