Re: is third transformer hole an earth?

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From: hr(bob) hofmann
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:43

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On Nov 8, 5:48 pm, "Dave Plowman (News)" <d...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <5JkRk.106$Cn3...@newsfe20.iad>,
>    catchme <some...@somewhere.net> wrote:
>
> > yes, the 3rd hole is a ground, but while the voltage in Japan is
> > similiar to North America (despite Japan only having 2 leads), i dont
> > know what the voltage is in the UK.
> > Japan runs 110v. on a 60a circuit, whereas Canada does 120.
>
> The UK is 240v. Actual spec is 230 +10/-6% to fall in line with Europe,
> but it hasn't changed from the old nominal 240.
>
> --
> *Am I ambivalent? Well, yes and no.  
>
>     Dave Plowman        d...@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
>                   To e-mail, change noise into sound.

The answer to the original poster is yes, if the power brick will
accept as low as 100V andat 50 or 60 Hz, then everything will be fine.

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Subject: Re: is third transformer hole an earth?
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