Can anyone tell me if a radio that has a United States 110 Volt AC plug
on it can be used in the UK?

Years ago I bought a radio alarm-clock with a 110 Volt AC plug on it in
Far East and I have been using it here in the UK for the last ten years.
However, I have just turned it over and looked at it carefully and on
the back it states: power supply 110 Volts - 220 Volts.

The machine I want to buy can be seen at the following address, although
I think I can buy it from another US supplier. (I don't think
Amazon.com will ship to the UK anymore.)

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-ICF-CD700...=cm_cr_pr_pb_i

Thanks,

Eddy.

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:47:52 GMT, Eddy
wrote:


Can anyone tell me if a radio that has a United States 110 Volt AC plug
on it can be used in the UK?

Years ago I bought a radio alarm-clock with a 110 Volt AC plug on it in
Far East and I have been using it here in the UK for the last ten years.
However, I have just turned it over and looked at it carefully and on
the back it states: power supply 110 Volts - 220 Volts.

The machine I want to buy can be seen at the following address, although
I think I can buy it from another US supplier. (I don't think
Amazon.com will ship to the UK anymore.)

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-ICF-CD700...=cm_cr_pr_pb_i

Thanks,

Eddy.

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.

d

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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.

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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Don Pearce wrote:

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:58:09 GMT, Eddy
wrote:
Er . . . ah . . . yes, I think I am familiar with a "mains voltage
converter". VERY HEAVY blockish thing, about 9" x 9"?

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

Ah, thanks a lot, Don. That's just fantastic! Worth the £17, I think,
given the delighted gasps of pleasure surrounding the particular machine
in question!

Many thanks.

Eddy.

"Eddy"

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

Ah, thanks a lot, Don. That's just fantastic! Worth the £17, I think,
given the delighted gasps of pleasure surrounding the particular machine
in question!



** You are a ****ing IDIOT !!!




......... Phil

"Eddy" wrote in message
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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.

It's called a TRANSFORMER duh.

In article ,
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.

Mains locked? The few I've had apart are crystal locked - necessary if you
wish battery backup. Which most radio alarms have.

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*I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce

Dave Plowman London SW
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:40:02 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
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.

Mains locked? The few I've had apart are crystal locked - necessary if you
wish battery backup. Which most radio alarms have.

Yup, you are probably dead right.

d

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Don Pearce wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" 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.

Mains locked? The few I've had apart are crystal locked - necessary if you
wish battery backup. Which most radio alarms have.

Yup, you are probably dead right.

The funny thing is, and I speak from experience, is that a crystal of the ilk
likely to be found in a clock radio is LESS accurate than the mains. By some
considerable degree.

Graham