On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:58:09 GMT, Eddy
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:
You can certainly buy a mains voltage converter for it (won't cost you
much more than a new clock radio, probably :-). But if this is like
most of them, it uses the mains frequency to run the clock. 50Hz vs
60Hz mains will make it run very slow.

Er . . . ah . . . yes, I think I am familiar with a "mains voltage
converter". VERY HEAVY blockish thing, about 9" x 9"?

Eddy.

No, nothing like that big unless you want to run power tools off it.
Maplin have one for £17 that will do nicely.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...erter&doy=25m2

d

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