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		w0mbat on Aug 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? (20... It's really annoying as Japan has lots of wonderful vintage secondhand synthesizers for sale, but being domestic market models they often have non-switching power supplies that require 100 V.

_whiteCaps_ on Aug 29, 2023 [–]

Yup! I've got a 120->100V step down transformer for my Minidisc player.

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