On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 at 16:23:47, Tony Firshman wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
Oh dear - mangled again!
I will have to give up replying to you Phoebus.
This time end of lines have been filtered out!
>On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 at 10:41:10, Phoebus R. Dokos wrote:
>(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>
>>Ôçí Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:22:56 -0500,ï(ç) David Tubbs
>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ýãñáøå:
>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> And this 'Noise' problem was the reason for the popularity in the
>>>> USA of the "Bent" modifications to the QL's.
>>>
>> So, I wonder, from this side of the pond, what was a "Bent" mod'.
>>
>> Was Tony not distributing his smoothing adaptors in the States ?
>Surely
>> the
>> simplest solution ?
>>
>
>PD:
>Wouldn't work IIRC. US Current is rated [EMAIL PROTECTED] whereas Tony's
>solution was for [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TF:
>Oh yes they would in exactly the same way as UK.
>240 -> 110 - OK
>110 -> 240 - Not OK
>
>... but it would need a US plug fitted, and connection to an earthed
>socket (usually only in the kitchen) and an army of UK -> US converters
>(8-)#
>
>I must say I find the lack of earth in the majority of US sockets
>terrible. It is fine and safe, of course, for most ordinary stuff, but
>absolutely hopeless for computer equipment. There are two spike filters
>to earth in all good filters (like Computer Cleaners).
Tony (again!)
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