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From: cchin@weber.ucsd.edu (Chet Chin)
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Subject: Electric power converter
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Date: 29 Jun 90 01:46:12 GMT
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I'll be going home to Malaysia a week from Saturday for 10 weeks.  I plan to
bring along my laptop, printer, modem,, and external floppy disk drive, plus a
surge protector.  I knew all along that I would need to buy a 120v-->240v
step-up transformer/converter to use these equipment in Malaysia, which I
didn't think would be a problem.  However, I've just learned that the
transformers/converters commercially available are only good for short-term
use, e.g., a shaver that you only plug in and use for a few minutes, and the
maximum plug-in time is 20 minutes.  As such, these transformers/converters
would be useless for longer term use with my computer equipment.

Does anyone know where I can get a transformer/converter that can be used with
all the equipment mentioned above and that would allow me to use them safely
for long periods of time at a stretch (e.g., a few hours) without harming my
equipment?  

Thank you.

Chet Chin
UC San Diego