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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 3:44 pm
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Originally Posted by dlouise37
I haven't bent over far enough yet to actually look at the UPS to see if it has a "switch" to allow 110v or 220v input.
You aren't gonna find a switch like that .

Originally Posted by dlouise37
Worse case I would use my travel converter from last year to bring the 220v down to the 110v "square wave" and hope the UPS can handle the 10Hz difference in frequency.
This will fry the UPS unit and/or blow a fuse/automatic circuit braker in the UPS and/or set the travel converter on fire.
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