RE: European power adapter (was: how to blow up your equipment)

[TonyIsYourPal@netscape.net (Tony Douglas)]

The UK (and most, if not all, of Europe) is on 220 - 240V AC at 50Hz. 
Transformers for US voltage/frequency gear are pretty readily available in 
shops like Maplins if you want a generic solution rather than 
manufacturers replacement wall warts. I'm running an S-550 sampler and a 
JV-880 synthesiser off these types of units - they can be quite 
acoustically buzzy but fine apart from that. If you buy one unit per plug 
it's quite expensive - slightly larger units that can power several bits 
of equipment at once are probably a better bet if you've got two or three 
items that need conversion. Check the power supplies of your equipment 
though - quite a lot of kit is now either switchable or automatically 
converts to whatever type of power it receives.

- Tony

"Gary Lehmann" <hqr@cox.net> wrote:

>On a related note--
>We are going to the UK in May, and I wonder about the difference in 
>voltage.
>How does one acquire adapters for their various items?  Is there one 
>device
>you can plug into to convert the voltage?
>Thanks,
>Gary
>
>
>

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