Thanks guys I might give this a try, I’ve not taken the lid off my DVI yet (wasn’t any call to) but I was kind of hoping I could do all this inside the unit, fit the step down transformer inside the case. Just to keep things neat and tidy.
On the subject of motors, the floppy drives should still operate as normal? With Jonathan mentioning his table saw, it got me wondering. Sent from my iPad > On 16 Feb 2020, at 10:57 am, Jonathan Yuen <jonathan.y...@slu.se> wrote: > > Theoretically, transformers and motors made to run at 60Hz may overheat at > 50Hz. I actually asked Steve Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar (who remembers that?) > about this and got a fairly good answer. I had a Hammarlund Super Pro > receiver once upon a time (US Signal Corps surplus) with a transformer that > was good down to 25Hz and the power supply weighed a lot becasue of the steel > in the transformer. > > In actual practice this has never happened to me, and I've migrated to the > 50Hz world from the US. I even run a Sears table saw with its 60Hz motor on > 50Hz (OK, it turns a bit slower) and figured I would just buy a new motor > (maybe even 3 phase) when it burned out. Hasn't happened yet. > > Jonathan > > ________________________________________ > Från: M100 [m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] för B4 Me100 > [b4me...@hotmail.com] > Skickat: den 16 februari 2020 11:35 > Till: m...@bitchin100.com > Ämne: Re: [M100] Using a US DVI unit in the UK > > It should not, the changes made to use European voltages appear to be > limited to the power supply area. There is a built in clock circuit that > does not depend on the frequency of the supply. > > From: M100 > <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com<mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com>> > on behalf of <james.z...@gmail.com<mailto:james.z...@gmail.com>> > Reply-To: <m...@bitchin100.com<mailto:m...@bitchin100.com>> > Date: Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 10:02 AM > To: <m...@bitchin100.com<mailto:m...@bitchin100.com>> > Subject: Re: [M100] Using a US DVI unit in the UK > > Would it effect the 50 / 60 hz frequency issue? > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On 16 Feb 2020, at 6:38 am, B4 Me100 > <b4me...@hotmail.com<mailto:b4me...@hotmail.com>> wrote: > > > That should work. Although I would probably enclose it to prevent > accidentally touching the 240/110V. > > From: M100 > <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com<mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com>> > on behalf of James Zeun <james.z...@gmail.com<mailto:james.z...@gmail.com>> > Reply-To: <m...@bitchin100.com<mailto:m...@bitchin100.com>> > Date: Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 1:03 AM > To: <m...@bitchin100.com<mailto:m...@bitchin100.com>> > Subject: Re: [M100] Using a US DVI unit in the UK > > I know little about power supplies, but I saw this and wondered if it > wouldn't be any use for my situation. > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MV-100-P1S1-Multi-Voltage-240V-to-110V-Transformer-100VA/332172908312?hash=item4d570c5718:g:GEEAAOSwb7ddLEFV<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2FMV-100-P1S1-Multi-Voltage-240V-to-110V-Transformer-100VA%2F332172908312%3Fhash%3Ditem4d570c5718%3Ag%3AGEEAAOSwb7ddLEFV&data=02%7C01%7C%7C789357eab34f4e279a7408d7b2c757bf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637174441542688474&sdata=qhv0OtQjOo3DGUoPmJNVwrSwKVYX6Vkh2miUsKG%2B50Y%3D&reserved=0> > Taking a 240V input and converting it to a more acceptable 110v for the DVI. > --- > När du skickar e-post till SLU så innebär detta att SLU behandlar dina > personuppgifter. För att läsa mer om hur detta går till, klicka här > <https://www.slu.se/om-slu/kontakta-slu/personuppgifter/> > E-mailing SLU will result in SLU processing your personal data. For more > information on how this is done, click here > <https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/contact-slu/personal-data/>
