Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!njin!princeton!phoenix!pucc!MIKEA From: MIKEA@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Michael Antolovich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Can I take a Mac to Australia? Message-ID: <9285@pucc.Princeton.EDU> Date: 10 Aug 89 12:18:39 GMT References: <11457@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <392@usage.csd.unsw.oz> <7303@microsoft.UUCP> <13392@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: MIKEA@pucc.Princeton.EDU Organization: Princeton University, NJ Lines: 45 Disclaimer: Author bears full responsibility for contents of this article In article <13392@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>, captkidd@athena.mit.edu (Ivan Cavero Belaunde) writes: >In article <7303@microsoft.UUCP> stuartb@microsoft.UUCP (Stuart Burden) writes: >>In article <392@usage.csd.unsw.oz> >>rees@usage.csd.unsw.oz (Rees Griffiths) writes: >>>The voltage problem is a minor one. A separate transformer >>>will do. It may not be strictly legal, but there you go. >> >>The Mac has a switching Power Supply. You do not need a transformer, Rees. > >No, you don't need it, but IMHO it is a good idea. When you're running the >Mac at 120V with a power supply with a tolerance of up to 250V, a small >power spike (30-40V say) won't cause you trouble. When running off 220-240V >though, a power spike of that magnitude can toast your power supply. >Add that to the fact that you are in a foreign country (meaning of >course expensive repairs) and it's worth the security. > >I speak from experience. It happened to me once. Then I put a transformer >on the damn thing and it survived every spike thereafter. > >-Ivan > The power supplies used in Australia are the same as the ones used in the US, yet no-one uses step down transformers. The tolerences are higher than 250 V (I could be wrong ?) and believe it or not, the power supplies in Australia are MUCH more stable than in the US (at least from what I've seen of New Jersey !) Michael. #What #wrong #with #repeating #and #article #that #is #longer #than #the #reply #anyway! really !