At 5:57 AM -0400 19/10/99, george lapins wrote:
>Has anyone had any experience with moving a U.S. Mac system to Europe and
>using it there. Specifically a monitor. Will a voltage converter work
>properly with one?
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>George
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George
I have over 12 years worked in different Asian and European
countries. Mac's are relatively easy to move about as they are multi
voltage , or at least the ones sold overseas. (check the specs and
panel on the back) Apple monitors tend also to be multi voltage and
the question of plug is not relevant as it connects to the CPU.
Where I have had major and minor problems are peripherals that take
their own power source. Here the issue is voltage and plugs. My worst
experience was a laserprinter that would not adjust to the lower
N.American 110 voltage. Even when run through a transformer. It did
not survive the move and was sold off.
Plugs will kill you as they vary from country to country and in some
quaint outpost of the Empire vary to different sides of the same
house. There are big clunky three rectangular pin ones, similar
three pins though round and others round but smaller. Then there are
some round two pins etc. The brit ones are fused in the plug. In
turn the female power points equally match the local plug.
I used a US standard power bar to plug my N.American equipment into,
and simply wired the appropriate male plug to match the local
connector.
The next area of confusion is all those DC driven peripherals. like
modem, zip drive, and presumably the power book ! ( list content) The
ac/dc converter block has to handle 220 + variant voltage and still
turn out the right DC amount. All these have US standard plus so use
a power bar , or for small items like modems buy a multi voltage &
amp adapter.
It is not a huge problem for the main mac pieces. You will just get
very adept at ready all power specs on boxes adapters converters. And
NEVER plug in to you are sure.
Believe me it's alot easier than multi system and voltage TV's, VCRs etc.
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