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- From: dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker)
- Subject: Re: Europe power vs US Power
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.215130.2222@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>
- Organization: Camosun College, Victoria B.C, Canada
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- References: <1992Dec18.112957.21873@lth.se>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:51:30 GMT
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- kurt@dna.lth.se (Kurt Swanson) writes:
- : Ryan Scott <RSCOTT@auvm.american.edu> writes:
- : >I a I am planning on buying a portable CD player nad battery powered speakers.
- : > Now the trick is that I am going to Europe next semester and I do
- : >not necessar
- : >ily want to use batteries. Now can I buy a DC converter over there that would
- : >provide the same voltage as a US adaptor? Can I neglect the cycles difference
- : >and no have to worry about the DC voltage being any different?????
- :
- : You absolutely don't want to use batteries! They are SO expensive
- : here...
- :
- : You can buy universal adapters here, or you can use your US adapter
- : connected to a voltage transformer. You need not worry about cycle
- : differences. If you plan on the former, consider that many CD makers
- : use special plugs on their adapters so that you have to buy theirs!
- : (YES, I'M SPEAKING ABOUT SONY!) You can, snip the plug from the US
- : adapter they sell you in the US (as I did), or pay through the nose
- : and buy a European adapter from the same company, or buy a CD player
- : that uses STANDARD plugs... The choice is yours...
-
- Really? I hjave a Sony D11 discman, and a Sony WM6 Walkman Pro
- cassette and they both have absolutely standard adapters. Have Sony
- changed things in the last year since I bought the discman?
-
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- Real: Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept., Camosun College, Victoria B.C.
- Email: (dbarker@spang.camosun.bc.ca)
- Phone: +1 604 370 4452
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