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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
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Organization: Health Systems Intl., New Haven, CT
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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.

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