PAiA kit voltages

[Bauke van der Wal]

Bill Layer wrote:
> 
> Hi Bauke,
> 
> The Fatman, like all PAiA stuff, runs off of what is called a 'Class-2 Wall
> Transformer' or 'wall wart' in slang. The output is around 13.8VAC, and is
> used in the conventional half-wave doubler to get the +/-15 volt rails
> (after regulation).
> 
> Perhaps you can get a 235V 50Hz version.

hi

thanks for the reply (i wrote it to the fatman-list, but this is as good
a forum as that one to discuss the subject). allthough i have some kind
of electronical background (computer science) i must admit it has been a
while since i held an iron of some kind (lately it's mostly plastic,
shaped like synths ;-)

correct me if i'm wrong, but i understood that all i have to do is
change the transformer in the kit for a 235in/13.8out version (if it
fits) and i will have a working fatman ???? it sounds so easy ...


> OT: How the heck did Europe end up with 235V/50Hz anyway? Perhaps 117V/60Hz
> wasn't dangerous enough?

don't know ... in england they still drive on the wrong side of the
road, so ...

235 ... 117 ... 
left ... right ... 
analog ... digital ... 

it's all the same ;-)


thanks again for your help !

greetings,
bauke