> From: "Carlini, Antonio" <Antonio.Carlini_at_riverstonenet.com>
> To: "'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'" <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Subject: RE: suggestions on BBC Micro, voltage converter, PAL monitor (in
> US)?
> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:09:05 -0700
>
> >Can you get UK to Euro AC adapters there? I've only seen the round
> >plugs with two pins, and the sorta ground lug.
>
> There are (cheap) travel adapters that allow you
> to plug UK appliances into various
> worldwide connectors. I don't have one to
> hand to check, but I do know some of them
> can cope with a hairdryer - whether that's
> enough to not catch light when trying
> to feed an early beeb with the
> varnish-stripping PSU is not
> clear to me :-)
There are two kinds of travel adapters. The ones for low-power gadgets
less than 50 watts, which use a transformer. The ones for high-power
gadgets like hair dryers or clothes irons, which just use a half-wave
diode rectifier, and figure that they are letting only half the power
through.
The second kind is not recommended for anything electronic. :-)
It even says so on the package.
carl
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carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego
clowenstein_at_ucsd.edu
Received on Mon Apr 22 2002 - 17:42:32 BST