Beechwoods
10-09-2008, 15:10
Folks - A bit of advice if anyone has any experience :)
I am considering purchasing a piece of US kit, a Sony tape deck, that is specified as 120V 60Hz 43W. There's no external way of switching voltage, so I'll need to get a step-down transformer to run it off UK mains.
All the step-down transformers I've come across so far handle the voltage reduction, but the 50Hz UK mains frequency remains unchanged.
I know that effectively the lower frequency in the UK will deliver less power for the same voltage, but is there anything else I need to worry about? Does anyone else have any experiences with this sort of thing?
Thanks for your help :)
I am considering purchasing a piece of US kit, a Sony tape deck, that is specified as 120V 60Hz 43W. There's no external way of switching voltage, so I'll need to get a step-down transformer to run it off UK mains.
All the step-down transformers I've come across so far handle the voltage reduction, but the 50Hz UK mains frequency remains unchanged.
I know that effectively the lower frequency in the UK will deliver less power for the same voltage, but is there anything else I need to worry about? Does anyone else have any experiences with this sort of thing?
Thanks for your help :)