John wrote:
> The voltage difference shouldn't be a problem. When I went to Iraq I > bought an inexpensive voltage converter. I ran a bunch of 110/120VAC > 60Hz stuff off of their 220VAC 50Hz supply using the converter. > > I got one that was large enough to power a coffee maker & laser printer > simultaneously. IIRC, I paid less than $100 for it. > > The only problem I had was the clock-timer in the Mr. Coffee I took > with me wouldn't keep accurate time. > > Took me a few days to figure out what time the clock would think it was > in the morning if I set it to the correct time before going to bed. > After that I adjusted the "alarm" time to match & coffee would be ready > when I got up in the morning. I had a step down transformer some years ago for some HF amateur radio equipment; I can't remember if it was a Drake TR7 or some Collins equipment. Worked well enough. The bigger issue is cost to ship to the UK. I've been put off by a cost of, say US$25 to buy it (whatever 'it' may be), and the equivalent of US$60 to ship it and then get hit with customs charges and an £8 handling fee from our postal carrier. I occasionally buy things from the far east, which are cheap and just drop through the letterbox some many weeks later, but anything from the US or Canada to me is always delayed until I pay the letter detailing the customs and handling fees (known as the ransom note in this house) before they will deliver. As an aside: I once bought an amateur radio transceiver form a club in New York (wasn't ever sold in the UK). It took 48 hours to get to the UK, and a further six weeks, from the warehouse stickers, touring the UK before the ransom note came, finally being delivered from where it had originally landed in the UK. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
