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From: jdudeck@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John R. Dudeck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,connect.audit
Subject: Re: Using 110V equipment in Europe
Message-ID: <2824c1bd.3d36@petunia.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 6 May 91 02:38:53 GMT
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>In article <084107.14513@timbuk.cray.com> snowden@sequoia.cray.com (Jim Snowden) writes:
>> I am thinking of getting a piece of US IBM PC equipment (CDROM drive)
>> and it works off 110V mains.  Could someone please help me to know
>> how easy it is to run this off UK mains (220-240 V)?  Does a simple
>> voltage convertor work (even though it doesn't change the Hz from 60
>> to 50)?
No problem.  Something as small as a CDROM would work fine on a 50-watt
transformer.  Just make sure it is a transformer, and not one of those
"power converter" devices that use a triac.  The way you can identify a
power converter is that it is very light weight, like 2 ounces, yet is
rated for 1000 or 1600 watts.  A true transformer weighs on the order
of 100 watts per pound.  Don't worry about the line frequency.  The only
things that this mattered for haven't been manufactured for several years.

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