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  1. Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.hardware:19261 comp.sys.amiga.misc:16535
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!pdxgate!rigel!idr
  3. From: idr@rigel.cs.pdx.edu (Ian D Romanick)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
  5. Subject: Re: US -> UK amigas.
  6. Message-ID: <6296@pdxgate.UUCP>
  7. Date: 9 Nov 92 23:18:21 GMT
  8. Article-I.D.: pdxgate.6296
  9. References: <BwDCGw.Gyz@cck.coventry.ac.uk> <68168@cup.portal.com> <1cgcd6INNsnv@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM>
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  14. >Using a 120/240 autotransformer to feed your Amiga with the right voltage
  15. >will still leave its PSU with a frequency it wasn't designed for. Usually that
  16. >won't matter, but if that PSU has a transformer which is running close to its
  17. >limits, and you then feed it with the correct voltage but at a different
  18. >frequency, you may just push it over the edge & cause it to eventually fail.
  19.  
  20. But wouldn't 50Hz generate less heat than 60Hz?  So, wouldn't that make a
  21. US Amiga less likely to fry in the UK?
  22.                                   - Ian Romanick
  23.                                     Dancing Fool of Epsilon
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  27.  | My opinions are exactly the same as PSU's.  NOT!                   |
  28.  | Mail at:  idr@cs.pdx.edu             Epsilon, for the best in NTSC |
  29.  |                                      demos! :^)                    |
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