"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Woody wrote:
The UK is 240v. Older equipment designed for 220v will very
likely go
bang on 240v. Unless the mains transformer has a 240v tapping.

[snip]

Unlikely. Yes the transformer and/or regulators might run a bit
warmer
but it is very poor design if 10% over voltage causes something to
fail big time.

I'd expect anything to cope with a short term over voltage. But long
term
may well be very different. Up to you if you want to risk it.

I have a Quad 405 on the bench at the moment. That has settings for
220,230 and 240v. Why would they bother if it didn't matter?


1. Insufficient heat-sinking on power devices to reduce size and cost
2. Non-regulated power supply



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Woody

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