Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utah-gr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!utah-cs!utah-gr!thomas From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) Newsgroups: net.travel,net.audio,net.consumers Subject: Re: Transformers for audio equipment Message-ID: <1594@utah-gr.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 02:40:40 EDT Article-I.D.: utah-gr.1594 Posted: Thu Sep 26 02:40:40 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 06:04:52 EDT References: <6299@duke.UUCP> <4339@alice.UUCP> Reply-To: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) Organization: Univ of Utah CS Dept Lines: 14 Xref: watmath net.travel:1792 net.audio:5939 net.consumers:3057 In article <4339@alice.UUCP> ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) writes: >There are also less expensive >converters that produce various strange wave-forms at 110V. These >latter devices should only be used to power things like heaters and >light bulbs. We had a problem with a cheap converter and a contact lens "cooker". Basically, the lens cooker would not work with the converter. I think there are some electronics (for timing the cooking period) that were insulted by the wierd waveform coming out of the converter. When we found a transformer, we had no problem. -- =Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA) "The difference between reality and unreality is that reality has so little to recommend it." -- Allan Sherman Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com