[Elecraft] KPA500 on 240 VAC in the USA?

[ny9h@comcast.net]

I had 220 available so i started out with 
110 and when confirmedall.was well i chopped off the pl ug from a heavy iec cord set and swiped the 220 plug from my TT hercules..

Wow this box is tiny....


Bill/ 3i




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----- Reply message -----
From: "Don Wilhelm" <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
To: "ke9uw" <c-hawley at illinois.edu>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Elecraft] KPA500 on 240 VAC in the USA?
Date: Thu, Jul 28, 2011 6:38 pm


Chuck,

The "do-it-yourself" solution is to purchase a plug that matches your 
socket, cut off the 115 volt plug and install the 230 volt plug.  Those 
plugs are available at DIY and hardware stores as well as at electrical 
supply centers.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 7/28/2011 5:39 PM, ke9uw wrote:
> Anybody using 240 VAC in the US? So it uses the same connector on the amp,
> but you have to fit a different plug to mate with your 240VAC/20A wall
> socket? Looks like this -! ...only without the dot.
> Or better still, any droop using the 120VAC option? About 10 amps I guess.
> Chuck, KE9UW
>
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