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Originally Posted by AdultTrafficMedia
Gut instinct. I have some U.S equipment and I use a step-down for purely that reason (so to ensure that the unit is converted before it reaches the UK standard) but yes...I am no electrician so could be wrong and a converted unit may all work perfectly well.  |
If you are concerned about your equipment, then I suppose a step-down transformer is no bad thing, but it's just that from what Myst has said, I see no need to shell out the GBP 30 or so for one when a few plug convertors and fuses for less than GBP 5 in total would do the job.
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Originally Posted by Brother Bilo
Are PC's considered appliances?
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I wouldn't say so, as they are a series of components which can be upgraded by the user, and which manufacturers of the various components (motherboards, hard drives, optical drives, power supply units, processors, RAM etc.) provide for. An appliance, on the other hand, would be something which couldn't easily be "upgraded" by a normal consumer unless they had enough electrical knowledge to solder on new components and somehow understand the circuit structure of the internal components.