I knew about the power supplies with mechanical switches, and have seen
these switches on laptop power supplies in the past. I presumed that they
had discontinued this feature to make 'em cheaper, and to make travelers
purchase 2 power supplies. You have restored my faith in mankind!
- Brian
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From: "Rev. Stewart Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Using Laptop in Spain
Actually it has been around a long time.
Your power supply on your desktop has always been able of doing the same
things. Look at it, it has a switch on it for 110-240. All it took was a
different cord, with the correct end on it for the plug in the wall.
Many of our toys actually use DC which requires a transformer of sorts to
convert AC into DC. So manufacturers got smart and in some cases made
their power supplies dual voltage. (Cheaper than making one for one
country and another for another county.)
Routers and such usually are shipped with the correct power supply. I
have bought foreign marketed equipment and simply use a US version of the
power supply and it works.
Stewart
At 11:51 AM 2/13/2008, you wrote:
That's Brilliant! And magical!
Somehow I was not notified when this innovation materialized.
Thanks,
Brian
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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