That is excellent news!  Thanks Simon.

I'll look into replacing those decoupling caps - thanks for the tip.

Best wishes,
Ian

2009/11/12 simon <simski@dds.nl>

no problem. the first thing a lisa does is rectifying the 50/60hz.
but change your decoupling caps as soon as possible. they tend to
explode. i had it two times on a fair but the machines kept on
working. they where not on a secured earth connection :-)

On 12-nov-2009, at 19:44, thelawman wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I've been lurking here for a few weeks, but this is my first post.
>
> I've just got my hands on a Lisa 2/5 which is being shipped from the
> US to me in London. I'm assuming that it's got the 1.2A 110v/60Hz
> Apple power supply and that the Profile drive is also US power spec.
>
> As I understand that the 1.2A PSU is tricky to convert to 220v/50Hz
> and I'm guessing that converting the Profile drive isn't easy either,
> I was wondering if I could get away with using a US-UK step-down
> transformer?  Although a transformer will convert the voltage to 110v,
> the frequency will remain at 50Hz - will the Lisa and Profile PSUs be
> able to tolerate the lower frequency? If not, do I have any other
> options?
>
> Many thanks in advance for your help,
> Ian
>
> >

--
Met vriendelijke groet

Simon Claessen
info@drukknop.nl








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