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Hi there,
I just moved from Australia to the US with my B&O gear and I want to hook some of it up in my temporary apartment.
I have a BS4, a pair of BL6000, and a Beolink PC2 or whatever it's called. As far as I can tell that's a total of 53.2 watts. Here's what I found:
bs4: 12w
BL6000: 38watts (pair)
Beolink PC2: 3.2 watts
Can someone tell me if I'm looking at the right thing before I buy a 110 to 220 convertor? Thanks.
Hmmmm I just found this: http://www.beoworld.org/prod_list.asp
IT says my math should be more like this:
dilznik: Hmmmm I just found this: http://www.beoworld.org/prod_list.asp IT says my math should be more like this: bs4: 25w BL6000: 120watts (pair) Beolink PC2: 3.2 watts So I guess I'll get a 750 watt convertor and never have any problems.
Even a 500 W would do, but with a 750 W your can connect another pair of speakers or whatever with 200 W
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They're pretty cheap and small these days so I'm thinking that's the way to go.
Cheers.
dilznik: They're pretty cheap and small these days so I'm thinking that's the way to go. Cheers.
Got a Chinese one for my work, 500 W and has been working for a year without problems, but gets hot when going to the limit, so go for your 750 W and you should be OK.
Søren Mexico:Got a Chinese one for my work, 500 W and has been working for a year without problems, but gets hot when going to the limit, so go for your 750 W and you should be OK.
Yes, it's generally a good idea to dimension stuff like this so that it won't be running on its last legs so to speak. All you'll lose is a bit of wasted standby power and the transformer itself will be a bit bulkier of course.
But, are you ever planning to move back and still keep all the kit with you? If not, it might be worthwhile to have the Beolabs converted to 120V. It's not a big job, and the rest of the units would happily run on a very small step-down step-up transformer.
--mika
Forgot to mention, if you have 2 or 3 phases incoming to your house, you can pull 220/60Hz, from 2 phases, I have installed a couple of 220V outlets in my house, works like a charm. But be careful and mark the outlets loud and clear 220V