At 05:46 PM 10/11/2004, Peppino Berria wrote... >I've a WESD51 soldering >station that I bought during my journey in Texas: 120 >V. 60 Hz, different than voltage we have here in >Italy, 220 V. 50 Hz. I'm thinking to use an >auto-trasformer that I've in the shack for reduceing >voltage: in-220 V, out-110 V. Anybody could tell me if >it may be any problem? What about the "earth" on the >line that's relationed to the potential 220 Volt? Is >110 V. too low for powering my WESD51?
A 220-110 transformer will work fine. Be sure to ground the third (round) contact on the AC power cord plug(NEMA 5-15P, shown here: http://www.stayonline.com/reference/nema_straight_blade.asp ) to maintain safety and the anti-static property of the station. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
