wanna swap 220v pwer supply in mega st 1 with 120v-possible?
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wanna swap 220v pwer supply in mega st 1 with 120v-possible?
i have a european model mega st 1
it runs off 220v
would it be possible to swap out the power supply for a US one?
anyone have any advice?
recommendations?
could i use the power supply from a 1040st?
any help would be greatly appreciated
it runs off 220v
would it be possible to swap out the power supply for a US one?
anyone have any advice?
recommendations?
could i use the power supply from a 1040st?
any help would be greatly appreciated
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Hmm.. Tricky question.
You could try this from Radio Shack - US to European power converter - retails at $40.
You could try this from Radio Shack - US to European power converter - retails at $40.
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As far as I am aware there should be no problem with swapping the PSU for a US one. The only other issues that affect ST's being re-located are the ROM (and keyboard) language and the TV modulator type. Mega's don't have TV modulators as far as I'm aware so that's irrelevant here anyway.
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It won't matter for almost no electrical or electronic device.RetroGamerUK wrote:The U.S. mains supply frequency is 60Hz BTW, unlike Europe which is 50Hz.
Actually this prob. won't matter for a PC...
AFAIR the only devices affected are some micro-owens, some radio-clocks, and a a couple more than I can remember right now.
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Sorry to quote myself, but just to make sure you know:Grunaki wrote:Hmm.. Tricky question.
You could try this from Radio Shack - US to European power converter - retails at $40.

This is the standard mains plug for most of mainland Europe

This is the plug type that is standard in the UK
And there is a slight voltage difference between the UK and mainland Europe - Europe runs on 220v AC - the UK runs on 240V.
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All UK electrical devices run between 220v and 240v so to put a UK spec Atari on 220v is no problem it will work fine.
The reason we have the three pins on a plug is to stop people being electrocuted by lightning. Usa and Europe plugs only have the live and neutral feed whereas the UK plug carries the live, neutral and earth. The earth stop you being electrocuted if lightning was to hit your house. A very very slim chance of that happening but I guess it's saved a few lives in the last 200 years or so.
The reason we have the three pins on a plug is to stop people being electrocuted by lightning. Usa and Europe plugs only have the live and neutral feed whereas the UK plug carries the live, neutral and earth. The earth stop you being electrocuted if lightning was to hit your house. A very very slim chance of that happening but I guess it's saved a few lives in the last 200 years or so.
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Back in the day I had an external floppy drive for my ST that had a Euro plug on it - I had a 'shaver plug' adapter for it that broke, so I ended up jamming an (insulated) screwdriver into the earth pin hole on the UK socket to open up the 'live' points and shoving the europlug in that way... 
(it worked, but not the best way to do things..
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(it worked, but not the best way to do things..

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No.. it should be 240V in all EU countries..Grunaki wrote: And there is a slight voltage difference between the UK and mainland Europe - Europe runs on 220v AC - the UK runs on 240V.
In some southern European countries (Italian?) the old wall sockets are flat, so some older PSU:s won't fit in the standard EU wall sockets.
/Niklas