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Skriven 2016-09-10 22:16:00 av Tim Richardson (5156.fidonet_fidonews)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHIEL VAN DER VLIST
Ärende: 230 Volt
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On 09-10-16, Michiel van der Vlist said to Ward Dossche:

Mv>@MSGID: <57D48274.5150.fidonet_fidonews@1stchoicecore.co.nz>
Mv>@REPLY: <57D4745A.5147.fidonet_fidonews@1stchoicecore.co.nz>
Mv>@TZ: 0078
Mv>Hello Ward,

Mv>On Saturday September 10 2016 18:20, you wrote to me:

Mv>> You could not have watched them "plug in that nice electric razor
Mv>> they brought along from the states". As I mentioned before, you
Mv>> can not just plug it in, there is no way you can ram a Nema plug
Mv>> into a Schuko socket and have it make contact.

WD> Yes, he could have for the simple reason there exists something like
WD> adaptors.

Mv>Yes, they exist. Present tense. If you go back in the thread you will see
Mv>that I mention that thanks to modern equipment that can handle voltages
Mv>from 100-250 Volts and both 50 and 60 Hz, adapters exits.

Mv>Such adapters did not exist in the 60ties of the previous century. And
Mv>THAT was the time frame under discussion. Tim claimed that in the sixties,
Mv>he had watched US solders plug US razors and radios into a power socket in
Mv>Germany and see them go up in smoke.

Exactly. It happened. I didn't say "...go up in smoke"...I said `smoke'! As in
`burn out'. With `smoke' produced when something electric gets hit with
amperage too high for it to handle. Or voltage too high for it's rating.

BTW...not having any personal experience with that problem I didn't bother
mounting an in-depth investigation into it on the off-chance that, one day,
you and I would meet in Fidonet and I'd have something concrete to tell
you on the subject. I just related what I observed back over fifty years
ago. Sorry I didn't forsee running into you and needing a more comprehensive
and detailed report on it.

Next time I'm in Germany I'll be more observant. Make a few phone calls...that
sort of thing.


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