Perry and all: YES. The service manual, I have one, says 90-260Volts for the D, AD, BC, BK, BK3, BN, CP, and CP3 chassis. Wayne Vanaman Omega Electronics 6904 W Fairfield Dr Pensacola, FL 32506-3310 850-456-5995 voice 850-458-6369 fax Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.PensacolaTVRepair.Com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Electric Medic" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 5:41 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: 220v > > We STILL have not answered the QUESTION. Does this guys set work on > 220volts. He said the set worked on 110v but not properly on 220v. I can not > believe that the set was designed to work on 220v using the same power cord > that came with the set. Every 220v circuit I have seen here in the states > has a different cord (larger plug) with two hots. Is this some special > CTC187AD. I think this is important enough to answer. We all know that 220 > has to hots and a neutral, and 110 has one hot and a neutral. I am > interested how in the world he is plugging a CTC187 into a 220v outlet. > Please someone, or the owner of the set EXPLAIN. Everyone that I have seen > will smoke if you apply 220v. This is driving me crazy. Why would anyone > want to run his set on both 110v and 220v anyway? It seems to me if it > worked on 110v, that should be good enough. Very confused here in Georgia. > > Perry Bower > Electric Medic > "It's Cheaper to Keep Her" > http://www.electricmedic.com > Check out the Electronic Repair Screensaver We created. More Images to come! > To download these Collections you must first install the Eyetide Viewer: > http://www.eyetide.com/download/?s=O3OfmSLHXygGHCv1W6Gz3Bgjtq3DNNMNdcKsYSVGC > "We're Number One Where it Really Counts, With our Customers" > 3850 Washington Road Suite 5b > Martinez, Georgia 30907 > Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424) > Phone: 706-863-3474 > Fax: 706-863-2316 > mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "WE REPAIR WITH CARE" > > SERVICE CENTERS PLEASE READ!! > 1. 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On a 240 > > line you have two hot sides.....believe me it will let the smoke out of > yur > > power supply filters. > > > > Tommy Herman > > Herman TV > > 250 School Ave SW > > Taylorsville N.C. 28681 > > 828-632-5322 Voice > > 828-632-3880 Fax > > > > If a TV requires 120 Watts of power, you could power it with 120V, 1 Amp > > or 240V, 0.5A. > > > > > > Gary McCartney > > > > McCartney Electronics > > 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 > > Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 > > Fax: (519)821-1530 > > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > > > gulftech@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > > >>Dear Villy, > >> > >>Most of us know that formula as P = IE. Since current is directly > >>proportional to voltage ( I = E/R), an increase in voltage yields a > >>corresponding increase in current with R held constant. If current and > >>voltage are both doubled, power is increased by a factor of 4. > >> > >>If I'm wrong, please set me straight. > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >>Ken Smith > >>Gulf Technical Services > >>3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway > >>Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 > >>850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) > >> > >>On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:03:37 0000 "Vilhelm Boor" <villyboor@xxxxxxxxx> > >>writes: > >> > >>>Villy boor > >>> Boorelec Durban > >>> When I read some of this I am rather surprised, where were some of > >>>you trained, what happened to Ohms law? Why 2 round prongs. Most > >>>countries use various combinations of flat pin at various angles, > >>>Round pins tended to have a bakelite body. > >>> But please remember W=IV so the greater V is the less I will be so > >>>cables are lighter, plugs can be smaller and fuses lower I. Philips > >>>for example make a wide range of TV with an input requirement of > >>>from 90V to 270V, just plug it in and its working. I am sometimes > >>>left speechless, this is your subject and livlihood, you must know > >>>basics. > >>>On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 19:43:29 > >>> teltek2 wrote: > >>> > >>>>No...Their 220 does not requite a huge plug like your dryer..just 2 > >>>> > >>>round > >>> > > > > Tommy Herman > > Herman TV > > 250 School Ave SW > > Taylorsville N.C. 28681 > > 828-632-5322 Voice > > 828-632-3880 Fax > > hermantvr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ------------------------------------------ > > Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html > > ------------------------------------------ > > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > > > > > > > > -- > Larry Eastman > American TV & Electronics > Crystal River, Fl. > http://www.tvjunkyard.com > > ------------------------------------------ > Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > ------------------------------------------ > Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > ------------------------------------------ Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html