Re: radio works on DC but not AC

From: Jeff Wiseman (wisemanja_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:28:40 GMT

Tom MacIntyre wrote:
>
> On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 17:52:17 GMT, "James Sweet"
> <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >Unless the voltage at the outlet is too high and is burning them out.
> >
>
> And yet not killing the blender...possible, I guess.
>

entirely possible. I moved into a basement suite once while going
to school. At the time the only applicance I had was an
illuminated alarm clock that worked on 115VAC. I plugged it in
and all seemed ok but later I notices an odor of something like
hot burning plastic. As it turned out, it was coming from my
clock. The owner had wired the outlet accidently in 240VAC. I
unplugged the clock and it worked fine for years but it always
had the burnt smell.

The clock only had a mechanical type motor in it (induction
perhaps) so it ran from the frequency of the power rather than
the voltage. An electronic device will likely be damaged.

Make sure the source power is "right"

- Jeff

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