The power transformers would have to be different. In western Europe, including UK, they use 230 volts @ 50 Hz.
It the UK, as I recall, the mains plugs used to have two round prongs, similar to the ones used on the continent, but they were a different size and weren't interchangeable. Last time I was there, the UK had changed over to a gigantic three-prong thing that looks like what we use here for an electric kitchen range, with massive copper or brass prongs. With small hand-held electric appliances, the plug is larger and heavier than the device itself. I wonder what genius came up with that idea. Here is a list of countries of the world and the nominal power line voltages and frequencies. http://www.kropla.com/electric2.htm _______________________________________________________________ This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
