UK/US power question

From: Ernest <ernestls_at_home.com>
Date: Sun Nov 5 15:18:29 2000

>My view is that running UK stuff off a US 220V supply is OK for testing,
>but I'd not run it like that permanently.

>Are you sure the Master Compact can't be converted for 110V mains. I
>don't have that machine, but other models of BBC and Master have PSUs
>that can be converted by a link on the PSU PCB which, as usual, converts
>the input stage between a bridge rectifier and a voltage doubler.

>-tony

No, I wasn't aware that they could be converted. Is that something that I
could do myself, or have done by an electrician? Does that apply to the Cub
monitor and cassette player as well?

Also, can the power cord be switched?

Ernest
Received on Sun Nov 05 2000 - 15:18:29 GMT