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Article #14164Re: Japanese Equipment in USA
From: Frank Ball
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 19:50
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 19:50
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/ jim@fuji.eng.Yale.edu (James J. Szinger) / 2:33 am Jun 10, 1991 / *We will be having a visitor from Japan in out lab this summer, *and he is wondering if his 100V Japanese electrical equipment *will work on North American 120V/60Hz electricity. What's the *line frequency in Japan? Can his equipment tolerate this much *deviation from nominal without undue risk to life, limb, and *property? If not, is there an easy way to get it to work. I think they use 50 Hz in Japan. The voltage difference is more likely to cause problems than the frequency difference. I wouldn't try to use anything with with electronics in it, the filter capacitors are likely to explode. You need to get a step down transformer to convert down to 100 V. Frank Ball frankb@hpsad.HP.COM pyramid!hplabs!hpsad!frankb
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpl-opus!hpnmdla!hpsad!frankb From: frankb@hpsad.HP.COM (Frank Ball) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Japanese Equipment in USA Message-ID: <1840047@hpsad.HP.COM> Date: 10 Jun 91 19:50:27 GMT References: <JIM.91Jun10093326@fuji.eng.Yale.edu> Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA Lines: 15