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- From: nrichers@trentu.ca (NIKOLAJ RICHERS)
- Subject: Re: Taking A2500 to Europe - 50vs60 Hz
- Message-ID: <7JAN199314324533@trentu.ca>
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- Organization: Trent Computing and Telecommunications Department
- References: <1993Jan6.221628.529@StarConn.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:32:00 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.221628.529@StarConn.com>, mark@fsi.fusion.com writes...
- >My wife has been offered a job in Rome and there is a fair chance that
- >we will take it. I would like to bring my A2500 with me. The question
- >is, what (besides converting the 240v power down to 120v) would I need
- >to do to get it to work properly.
- >
- >Please reply via mail since I only check in here occasionally.
- >
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- >| Mark H. Zellers Mark@fsi.Fusion.COM|
- >| Fusion Software, Inc 455 Sherman Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306|
-
- You need a step-down transformer, which are availble at electrical supplies
- stores. They will not only convert 240V to 120, but also up the frequency from
- 50HZ to 60. Cost is around $40-50.
-
- I run two Swiss-specs Amigas (A2000 and A3000)--Switzerland has the same
- electrical rates as in Italy (except remote villages)--in Canada; usually
- these transformers are reversible; I do the opposite to what you
- want to do, and any equipment you buy in Europe can be run here with the same
- transformer. These transformers even seems to filter out 'noise' in the
- electrical current.
-
- Nikolaj (1)
-
- __________
-
- (1) Nikolaj Peddie-Richers, Trent University, Canada, nrichers@trentu.ca
-