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In Reply to: RE: Ok ... posted by three_sox on June 16, 2014 at 19:48:26
Wiring to 120v may be doable, but you certainly aren't going to change 50Hz to 60Hz.How long are you going to be there?
Edits: 06/16/14Follow Ups:
shutterbob--
Well, that's the big issue---I'd be there for about 10 years and then back here for good. That's why I feel it's worthwhile to try to keep my stuff--as I'll be back in the USA eventually and I'm 42 years old now, so I would be back by 52 and here till I croak....
If I was going there forever then yea, it would probably be a no brainer to scrap everything here and start with new gear there and not go through the headaches involved.
Regards,
Joel
Generally the only thing affected by the different Hertz's are turntables ie items using AC synchronous motors.
The vast majority of other gear rectifies AC to DC anyway and as such only needs a step-down transformer.
These can usually be bought surprisingly cheaply from power tool outlets.
At least here in Europe many if not all professional power tools run off 110V transformers.
You are right, of course about 50hz vs 60hz, but some were posting about running a 110v 60hz line in Australia. Unless I am sadly mistaken, or they are running solar or a generator, 60hz ain't gonna happen.
And when I lived in Europe I never saw a 110v power tool in local use. GIs. maybe, but not the natives.
60Hz is only needed for electric motors of some TTs. Luckily those TTs use very cheap motors which could be changed for a few pounds.
50 or 60Hz makes no difference at all for something like an amplifier since the PSU rectifies it into DC anyway.
As for 110V transformers: There are a few hundred on ebay uk at any one time starting at £0.99 for a 3.3 KVA unit right now. Plenty of them in use on every building site I've ever been to.
Pretty much every US act which brings their own backline uses them for their guitar amps and such.
The problem lies not with the actual mains voltage - easily fixed with a step-down transformer - it's with the 60Hz power transformer in the stereo components.
Transformers made for 240v/50Hz will function quite happily at 110v/60Hz - providing a suitable 110v --> 240v step-up trannie is provided.
However, transformers made for 60Hz get hot when they're connected to a 50Hz mains - even though a 240v --> 110v step-down trannie is provided.
Regards,
Andy
Friends of mine moving to South America from the US got a big PS Audio power re-generator. It worked beautifully. Of course their big model will set you back $5k, so it ain't cheap.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Wow, thanks bl.zeebub. So one of those £0.99 110V transformers and the correct plug adapter to fit an Aussie outlet and I'd be good to go, say, plugging in and running a 6x200 watt 6 channel Home theater amp I have?
Regards,
Joel
I would have thought so.
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