🚀 go-pugleaf

Say what you will, I only have experience on my side.  I've got a Sharp
MD11 and I have been using the "Japanese Wall Wart" since 1994.  No
problems.

What makes you so sure that the failures you referred to are from the
power supply and not from anything else?

Frankly I asked about using it before I did and was assured that it would
not be a problem.  Most electrical supply places tell you that you don't
need anything but the pin converter to move devices between the US and
Japan.  Do you know different?

Ben

In article <63hssm$2t7@news1.panix.com>, Mike "no UCE" Schuster
<REMOVEschuster@REMOVEpanix.com> wrote:

> In article <ben-levy-0111972246590001@du309-pcap-nca01.wgn.net>,
> Benjamin G. Levy <ben-levy@westworldz.com> wrote:
> >I never bought any adapter and my MD recorder is standard Japanese issue,
> >bought it in Tokyo.  There's never even been a hint of trouble and I've
> >used it all over the US.
> >
> >The fact is that plenty of American outlets are so far out of spec that
> >they deliver anywhere in the range of voltage that marks the difference
> >between US and Japanese.
> >
> >Don't worry, be happy.
> >
> >Ben
> 
> As a general statement this is dangerous.
> 
> The MD portables manufactured by Sharp (Sharp, Kenwood, Denon) are
> **VERY** picky about supply voltage. The MiniDisc mailing list has, over
> the years, been stocked with desperate messages from owners who tried
> Japanese wall warts on their portables. The over-voltage effects vary from
> errors on the display, failure to charge the battery, to a dead player
> after an unmonitored overnight charge. If the player was purchased
> overseas that would leave you in a REAL pickle.
> 
> Sony players are probably more forgiving (but the newer models do have an
> over voltage warning). 
> 
> Wall warts rated for US supply voltage are plentiful and cheap - even at
> Radio Shaft.