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power up a 240v mac classic with 120v? [message #391848] Sat, 04 January 2020 17:34 Go to next message
engrav is currently offline  engrav
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Hi

Have a 240v Mac Classic
Is there any way to power it up with 120v in the US?
Thank you

Loren Engrav

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Re: power up a 240v mac classic with 120v? [message #391849 is a reply to message #391848] Sat, 04 January 2020 17:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Did you check the computer’s input voltage range, it might work on 120 too.

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> On Jan 4, 2020, at 2:34 PM, engrav <lengrav@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi
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> Is there any way to power it up with 120v in the US?
> Thank you

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Re: power up a 240v mac classic with 120v? [message #391850 is a reply to message #391849] Sat, 04 January 2020 17:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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hi
thanks
took the case off, check box says configured for 240, check box for 120 not checked

> On Jan 4, 2020, at 2:38 PM, Clark Martin <cmmac@sonic.net> wrote:
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> Did you check the computer’s input voltage range, it might work on 120 too.
>
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>> On Jan 4, 2020, at 2:34 PM, engrav <lengrav@gmail.com <mailto:lengrav@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Hi
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>> Have a 240v Mac Classic
>> Is there any way to power it up with 120v in the US?
>> Thank you
>
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Re: power up a 240v mac classic with 120v? [message #391851 is a reply to message #391850] Sat, 04 January 2020 23:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You could buy a step-up transformer, they make ones especially for
small appliances and such.

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Re: power up a 240v mac classic with 120v? [message #391852 is a reply to message #391851] Sun, 05 January 2020 00:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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thank you
will explore ‘em


> On Jan 4, 2020, at 8:48 PM, NODEraser <noderaser@gmail.com> wrote:
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> You could buy a step-up transformer, they make ones especially for
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Re: power up a 240v mac classic with 120v? [message #391853 is a reply to message #391848] Tue, 07 January 2020 13:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That machine has an analog supply board, apparently, in the case.

Hard to say. If you're really really good with electronics and know how to
avoid being shocked off of unplugged electronics (CRTs+capacitors), you may
be able to take the analog supply board out and replace caps with US values
and get the board to output 110v. However, it will not be an easy path.

That's a lot of work to try and figure out the differences between the
US+foreign power supply boards + retrofit parts.
Not quite as hard, but still hard, would be to source a power supply board
for the US version, then replace that.



Consider a 110V->220V AC power converter rated for the wattage required by
the Mac Classic.
I can understand... it's a cute little machine.
However, if you don't really know what you're doing you could receive a
fatal shock working around in that case.

A random, separate note on capacitors:
BTW I find that pre-1990s capacitors generally do pretty well and don't
need replacing. Japan made high quality capacitors until their factories
closed down.
Once caps went chinese + se asian well... those are a different story.
Modern capacitors (the chinese ones at least) should be swapped out every
decade for anything you care about. Please disregard if you source your
capacitors, US made, from North Carolina. The audio freaks I know who
design/recap with those say they're really good quality.

Thomas


On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 2:34 PM engrav <lengrav@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Have a 240v Mac Classic
> Is there any way to power it up with 120v in the US?
> Thank you
>
> Loren Engrav
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Re: power up a 240v mac classic with 120v? [message #391854 is a reply to message #391853] Tue, 07 January 2020 13:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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thanks

since I am not electronic expert
and
on ebay they sell for not much

I think I think
off to recycle



> On Jan 7, 2020, at 10:12 AM, Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff100@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That machine has an analog supply board, apparently, in the case.
>
> Hard to say. If you're really really good with electronics and know how to avoid being shocked off of unplugged electronics (CRTs+capacitors), you may be able to take the analog supply board out and replace caps with US values and get the board to output 110v. However, it will not be an easy path.
>
> That's a lot of work to try and figure out the differences between the US+foreign power supply boards + retrofit parts.
> Not quite as hard, but still hard, would be to source a power supply board for the US version, then replace that.
>
>
>
> Consider a 110V->220V AC power converter rated for the wattage required by the Mac Classic.
> I can understand... it's a cute little machine.
> However, if you don't really know what you're doing you could receive a fatal shock working around in that case.
>
> A random, separate note on capacitors:
> BTW I find that pre-1990s capacitors generally do pretty well and don't need replacing. Japan made high quality capacitors until their factories closed down.
> Once caps went chinese + se asian well... those are a different story. Modern capacitors (the chinese ones at least) should be swapped out every decade for anything you care about. Please disregard if you source your capacitors, US made, from North Carolina. The audio freaks I know who design/recap with those say they're really good quality.
>
> Thomas
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 2:34 PM engrav <lengrav@gmail.com <mailto:lengrav@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Have a 240v Mac Classic
> Is there any way to power it up with 120v in the US?
> Thank you
>
> Loren Engrav
>
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Re: power up a 240v mac classic with 120v? [message #391855 is a reply to message #391848] Tue, 07 January 2020 13:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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> On Jan 4, 2020, at 2:34 PM, engrav <lengrav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Have a 240v Mac Classic
> Is there any way to power it up with 120v in the US?

This page:

https://frescho.hu/macintosh-classic-120v-240v-atalakitas/

Outlines the changes needed to switch a 110V board to 220V. Translated from Hungarian to English:

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=hu&tl=en&u =https%3A%2F%2Ffrescho.hu%2Fmacintosh-classic-120v-240v-atal akitas%2F

- Dylan

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Re: power up a 240v mac classic with 120v? [message #391856 is a reply to message #391853] Tue, 07 January 2020 13:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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According to the schematics, J1 is cut for 240 volt.. I would pop it open,
check JP1, if open, short it, and then run it at 120v. Make sure you put a
label on the back to indicate its been converted to 120v.

https://github.com/nickpunt/nubus-se30/blob/master/Schematic s/bomarc/Macintosh%20Classic%20Schematic%20(bomarc).pdf




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On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 1:12 PM Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff100@gmail.com> wrote:

> That machine has an analog supply board, apparently, in the case.
>
> Hard to say. If you're really really good with electronics and know how
> to avoid being shocked off of unplugged electronics (CRTs+capacitors), you
> may be able to take the analog supply board out and replace caps with US
> values and get the board to output 110v. However, it will not be an easy
> path.
>
> That's a lot of work to try and figure out the differences between the
> US+foreign power supply boards + retrofit parts.
> Not quite as hard, but still hard, would be to source a power supply board
> for the US version, then replace that.
>
>
>
> Consider a 110V->220V AC power converter rated for the wattage required by
> the Mac Classic.
> I can understand... it's a cute little machine.
> However, if you don't really know what you're doing you could receive a
> fatal shock working around in that case.
>
> A random, separate note on capacitors:
> BTW I find that pre-1990s capacitors generally do pretty well and don't
> need replacing. Japan made high quality capacitors until their factories
> closed down.
> Once caps went chinese + se asian well... those are a different story.
> Modern capacitors (the chinese ones at least) should be swapped out every
> decade for anything you care about. Please disregard if you source your
> capacitors, US made, from North Carolina. The audio freaks I know who
> design/recap with those say they're really good quality.
>
> Thomas
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 2:34 PM engrav <lengrav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Have a 240v Mac Classic
>> Is there any way to power it up with 120v in the US?
>> Thank you
>>
>> Loren Engrav
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Re: power up a 240v mac classic with 120v? [message #391857 is a reply to message #391856] Tue, 07 January 2020 13:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
William Stillwell is currently offline  William Stillwell
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Also, maybe someone close to you would rather take it off your hands
instead of "Recycling it" as i wouldn't love to have a classic to my
collection.


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On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 1:28 PM William Stillwell <ki4swy@gmail.com> wrote:

> According to the schematics, J1 is cut for 240 volt.. I would pop it
> open, check JP1, if open, short it, and then run it at 120v. Make sure you
> put a label on the back to indicate its been converted to 120v.
>
>
> https://github.com/nickpunt/nubus-se30/blob/master/Schematic s/bomarc/Macintosh%20Classic%20Schematic%20(bomarc).pdf
>
>
>
>
> William Stillwell
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>
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 1:12 PM Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff100@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That machine has an analog supply board, apparently, in the case.
>>
>> Hard to say. If you're really really good with electronics and know how
>> to avoid being shocked off of unplugged electronics (CRTs+capacitors), you
>> may be able to take the analog supply board out and replace caps with US
>> values and get the board to output 110v. However, it will not be an easy
>> path.
>>
>> That's a lot of work to try and figure out the differences between the
>> US+foreign power supply boards + retrofit parts.
>> Not quite as hard, but still hard, would be to source a power supply
>> board for the US version, then replace that.
>>
>>
>>
>> Consider a 110V->220V AC power converter rated for the wattage required
>> by the Mac Classic.
>> I can understand... it's a cute little machine.
>> However, if you don't really know what you're doing you could receive a
>> fatal shock working around in that case.
>>
>> A random, separate note on capacitors:
>> BTW I find that pre-1990s capacitors generally do pretty well and don't
>> need replacing. Japan made high quality capacitors until their factories
>> closed down.
>> Once caps went chinese + se asian well... those are a different story.
>> Modern capacitors (the chinese ones at least) should be swapped out every
>> decade for anything you care about. Please disregard if you source your
>> capacitors, US made, from North Carolina. The audio freaks I know who
>> design/recap with those say they're really good quality.
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 2:34 PM engrav <lengrav@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Have a 240v Mac Classic
>>> Is there any way to power it up with 120v in the US?
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> Loren Engrav
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Re: power up a 240v mac classic with 120v? [message #391858 is a reply to message #391854] Wed, 08 January 2020 08:06 Go to previous message
Jerri Kohl is currently offline  Jerri Kohl
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I (or someone else on here) would very gladly pay you to have it shipped to
me. It would be a real shame for one of these to end up destroyed. I could
even setup the payment through my FedEx account and you could just package
it up and drop it off at any Walgreens and show the code I would send you
for my shipping reservation.

On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 1:17 PM Loren Engrav <lengrav@gmail.com> wrote:

> thanks
>
> since I am not electronic expert
> and
> on ebay they sell for not much
>
> I think I think
> off to recycle
>
>
>
> On Jan 7, 2020, at 10:12 AM, Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff100@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That machine has an analog supply board, apparently, in the case.
>
> Hard to say. If you're really really good with electronics and know how
> to avoid being shocked off of unplugged electronics (CRTs+capacitors), you
> may be able to take the analog supply board out and replace caps with US
> values and get the board to output 110v. However, it will not be an easy
> path.
>
> That's a lot of work to try and figure out the differences between the
> US+foreign power supply boards + retrofit parts.
> Not quite as hard, but still hard, would be to source a power supply board
> for the US version, then replace that.
>
>
>
> Consider a 110V->220V AC power converter rated for the wattage required by
> the Mac Classic.
> I can understand... it's a cute little machine.
> However, if you don't really know what you're doing you could receive a
> fatal shock working around in that case.
>
> A random, separate note on capacitors:
> BTW I find that pre-1990s capacitors generally do pretty well and don't
> need replacing. Japan made high quality capacitors until their factories
> closed down.
> Once caps went chinese + se asian well... those are a different story.
> Modern capacitors (the chinese ones at least) should be swapped out every
> decade for anything you care about. Please disregard if you source your
> capacitors, US made, from North Carolina. The audio freaks I know who
> design/recap with those say they're really good quality.
>
> Thomas
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 2:34 PM engrav <lengrav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Have a 240v Mac Classic
>> Is there any way to power it up with 120v in the US?
>> Thank you
>>
>> Loren Engrav
>>
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