Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/14

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Subject: [Leica] electronics question
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Tue Nov 14 12:43:03 2006
References: <111420060431.17138.4559469A00081A73000042F2219791332903010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com>

I forgot a few words: should be 'before I got the chance to tell her  
we needed a converter (already bought the plug adapter in the  
airport)..."
And it was 117V only. So burns out at 169V, if I informed myself well.


Op 14-nov-06, om 05:31 heeft grduprey@mchsi.com het volgende geschreven:

> Interesting you could plug it in, since 117 and 220 V plugs are  
> different, just so this could not happen.  The other thing, most  
> electronics today will work over a range of 105 to 230 VAC, 50/60  
> Hz with no problem.  Sounds like the converter was bad to begin with.
>
> Gene
>
>
> -------------- Original message from Philippe Orlent  
> <philippe.orlent@pandora.be>: --------------
>
>
>> So we're just back from NY where we bought something nice from B&H
>> (it was very hard to decide what since ther's soooooooo much to play
>> with) and before I get the chance my wife plugs it in...
>> 117V in a 220V environment... The Tivoli Model One is dead now.
>> Q: Is it repairable by replacing the converter, or is all the
>> electronics burnt through and will we have to use it as a decorative
>> piece of MoMA quality?
>> :-(
>>
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