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Old Apr 15, 2005 | 6:18 am
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Originally Posted by DI542
Japan is 110 and uses the same outlets as the US
However, it's 50Hz. Synchronous AC motors run slower. Used to mess up turntables (to play vinyl records) and clocks that had motors inside them, but who uses either of those now? Probably won't affect anything the average person would travel with, or even own, today.
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