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Article #5966Re: Using 110v/60Hz appliances in Germany
From: Greg Onufer
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 1990 07:32
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 1990 07:32
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>... I'd be surprised if your microwave, to note >one of your specific questions, had a problem - but good luck finding an >adaptor if it won't take 220V; those things suck a TON of current. *Please* check with the manufacturer of your microwave before using it in a country with a different line frequency! The microwave we bought while living in S.H.A.P.E., Belgium, had to be modified to work there and then modified to work here when we returned stateside. Microwave ovens, it seems, are slightly more sensitive to the line frequency. Either that or the manufacturers are making lots of money off of military personnel! :-) Cheers!greg
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!think.com!snorkelwacker!apple!cheers!greg From: greg@cheers.Bungi.COM (Greg Onufer) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Using 110v/60Hz appliances in Germany Message-ID: <-?`%2K%.8824@cheers.Bungi.COM> Date: 1 Sep 90 07:32:53 GMT References: <3872@altos86.Altos.COM> <17660094@hpfcdj.HP.COM> Organization: Cheers Bar & Grill Lines: 13