From Miles Bader Sent Fri, Apr 21st 2006, 09:16
From Miles Bader Sent Fri, Apr 21st 2006, 09:16
Robert Anthony <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> writes: > So, I won't know what the status of any of this is until next week, > when my tech checks it out -- but should I be OK? In general, is it OK > to run Japanese models on US current? If no, make the caveats mild, as > I am a bit anxious that something might be wrong -- and it was a hefty > purchase/trade on my part. Japanese digital equipment will often work with little problem in the U.S., because the power regulation is hefty enough to handle the overvoltage; however it may put extra stress on the power supply. I've only done the reverse with analogue equipment -- U.S. gear in Japan -- but the problems were quite obvious (out of tune, sequencer flaky)! Perhaps a lot of gear can handle a 10% difference (could be more -- isn't 117V nominal voltage in some places?) with no problem, but if you paid a lot of money for the thing, it seems a bit silly not to buy a voltage converter or transformer to run it off. -Miles -- `...the Soviet Union was sliding in to an economic collapse so comprehensive that in the end its factories produced not goods but bads: finished products less valuable than the raw materials they were made from.' [The Economist]