Re: [AH] Moving gear from US to Europe: power questions

From Kenny Balys
Sent Thu, Mar 8th 2018, 14:22

I had a mixed 120 / 240 V studio and after the 3rd disaster I converted 
everything to 240.

Two power rails and plug adapters make it possible to screw up.

Possibility equals inevitability.


On 08.03.18 14:08 , Michael Taylor wrote:
> This might be a "master of the obvious" comment, gut here goes...
>
> One of the greatest "Durr, why didn't I think of that" things I learned
> from buying gear on AH is to use a label maker to mark your wall warts.
>
> If you are fearful of swapping your IEC cables, dedicate one to a
> particular synth and mark both ends.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018, 6:07 AM chris <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx
> <mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx>> wrote:
>
>     No real experience with different power systems, but one thing may be
>     important:
>
>     If you have synths with fixed power cables (like the Jupiters or
>     Polysix)
>     you can't accidentally do it wrong, simply because the US plug won't fit
>     into a european socket.
>
>     But - if you have 3 prong IEC connectors on the synth side, it's all too
>     easy to use a 230 V euro cable with a 110 V synth.
>     Obviously, it's no problem with more recent stuff with a switched power
>     supply accepting anything from 90 to 240 V.
>
>     For that reason I would be a little nervous with a mixed studio.
>