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Article #5373American electronics on European power?
From: Mephisto
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 1990 15:49
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 1990 15:49
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I might be moving to Europe (namely, 'West' Germany) in the near future, and I would like to bring my thousands of dollars worth of stereo, computer, and music synthesizer gear over to keep me company. All of these are designed to run on good old 60 Hz/120 VAC power. Is there some way I can use the European 50 Hz/220 VAC power grid to set up my own little Ameri-friendly power grid? A monstrous transformer might solve the voltage conversion problem, but the cyclic base is beyond me. Is the cyclic rate really that important? I'd really rather not leave my toys behind. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "All opinions expressed are those of my employer, and not necessarily my own." Post reply or e-mail to: slbg6790@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu -"Have you got anything without Spam in it?" "Well, there's 'Egg, Bacon, Spam, and Sausage.'" -"That's got Spam in it!" "Not as much as 'Spam, Eggs, Sausage, and Spam'!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <EOF>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!slbg6790 From: slbg6790@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mephisto) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: American electronics on European power? Summary: I want to use American electronics in Europe. Possible? Keywords: power, Hz, transformer, Europe Message-ID: <1990Jul31.154929.27950@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 31 Jul 90 15:49:29 GMT Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Distribution: sci Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 24