Running a 220v computer in a 110v environment

From: Christian Fandt <cfandt_at_netsync.net>
Date: Thu Oct 7 22:07:35 1999

Upon the date 07:26 PM 10/7/99 +0100, Tony Duell said something like:
>
>> Next, have an electrician friend get a correct connector and _correctly_
>> wire it up and you're good to go. If there is no fuse protection in the PSU
>
>Oh come on... I work with 240V almost every day of my life. Fitting a
>220V plug, or wiring up a fused adapter cable, or anything like that is
>hardly rocket science....

Excuse me, although I don't particularly care to get into a tussle on this,
Ram may not have any experience with working with mains power. We don't
know as he hasn't said anything about that yet. Maybe he moonlights as a
power plant engineer in the 115KV switch vault at his local utility plant.
The statement is intended to assure him he is welcome to get expert help,
if desired, in getting his machine connected (if in fact the PSU is not
settable to 115VAC) rather than take a risk. It doesn't matter whether you
work with 240 every day --even less than 115V can kill. Having done
industrial wiring for several years, I know 480VAC is not a problem when
one respects it.

 -- Chris
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