22 Apr
2002
22 Apr
'02
5:42 p.m.
From: "Carlini, Antonio"
<Antonio.Carlini(a)riverstonenet.com>
To: "'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org'" <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Subject: RE: suggestions on BBC Micro, voltage converter, PAL monitor (in
US)?
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:09:05 -0700
There are two kinds of travel adapters. The ones for low-power gadgets
less than 50 watts, which use a transformer. The ones for high-power
gadgets like hair dryers or clothes irons, which just use a half-wave
diode rectifier, and figure that they are letting only half the power
through.
The second kind is not recommended for anything electronic. :-)
It even says so on the package.
carl
--
carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego
clowenstein(a)ucsd.edu
Can you get UK to Euro AC adapters there?
I've only seen the round
plugs with two pins, and the sorta ground lug.
There are (cheap) travel adapters that allow you
to plug UK appliances into various
worldwide connectors. I don't have one to
hand to check, but I do know some of them
can cope with a hairdryer - whether that's
enough to not catch light when trying
to feed an early beeb with the
varnish-stripping PSU is not
clear to me :-)