Japanese 100V units on USA 110-120V

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sat May 10 04:51:00 2003

On Fri, 9 May 2003, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

> > Two syllables: Variac. Little one, 2 amps is more than enough. It is
> > quite possible that you'll slowly fry the power transformer - it will
> > always run hot on USA mains. If you can score a cheap small variac,
> > you can run it on 90 or 95 volts and it undoubtedly will be happy.
>
> Hmm, okay. I probably should invest in a Variac anyway. Sources?

The best places I've found are electronics scrap/surplus dealers. Variacs
can be found elsewhere, but the prices are usually higher.

-Toth
Received on Sat May 10 2003 - 04:51:00 BST