Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!hsi!derek From: derek@hsi.UUCP (Derek Lee-Wo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga Power supplies Message-ID: <214@hsi86.hsi.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 88 13:52:45 GMT References: <5865@louie.udel.EDU> Organization: Health Systems Intl., New Haven, CT Lines: 27 In article <5865@louie.udel.EDU>, DAVEA%CERNVM.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (David Almond) writes: > > As a computer enthusiast I would like to get an Amiga 500 or 2000 > but before I do so I would like the answer to one basic question > > In Europe they use a 220 v power supply and in my home country, England > they use a 240 v power supply. If I want to take my Swiss spec Amiga back > to England how much pain is going to cause to change the power unit. > > Is it just the transformer that powers the unit or would there have to be > chip changes > I doubt that you will even need a transformer, for all intents and purposes, the 20V difference doesn't matter. I also think the frequency (50Hz) is the same for both countries. I went to school in London for two years and we refered to the voltage as both 220 and 240V. I may be wrong, but if I were in your situation, I would use it in England. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Derek Lee-Wo, Health Systems International, New Haven, CT 06511. | |E-mail address :- ...!harvard!yale!hsi!derek. Phone :- (203)777-3125. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+