cchin@weber.ucsd.edu (Chet Chin) (06/29/90)
I'll be going home to Malaysia a week from Saturday for 10 weeks. I plan to bring along my laptop, printer, modem,, and external floppy disk drive, plus a surge protector. I knew all along that I would need to buy a 120v-->240v step-up transformer/converter to use these equipment in Malaysia, which I didn't think would be a problem. However, I've just learned that the transformers/converters commercially available are only good for short-term use, e.g., a shaver that you only plug in and use for a few minutes, and the maximum plug-in time is 20 minutes. As such, these transformers/converters would be useless for longer term use with my computer equipment. Does anyone know where I can get a transformer/converter that can be used with all the equipment mentioned above and that would allow me to use them safely for long periods of time at a stretch (e.g., a few hours) without harming my equipment? Thank you. Chet Chin UC San Diego
BVAUGHAN@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Barbara Vaughan) (06/29/90)
In article <2588@network.ucsd.edu>, cchin@weber.ucsd.edu (Chet Chin) writes: >I'll be going home to Malaysia a week from Saturday for 10 weeks. I plan to >bring along my laptop, printer, modem,, and external floppy disk drive, plus a >surge protector. I knew all along that I would need to buy a 120v-->240v >step-up transformer/converter to use these equipment in Malaysia, which I >didn't think would be a problem. However, I've just learned that the >transformers/converters commercially available are only good for short-term >use, e.g., a shaver that you only plug in and use for a few minutes, and the >maximum plug-in time is 20 minutes... >Does anyone know where I can get a transformer/converter that can be used with >all the equipment mentioned above ... When I was at a conference in Guangzhou, a colleague of mine from Hawaii had an excellent converter, with multiple outlets for different plug types and a built-in surge protector. I had to redo some lengthy analysis there and knew my battery wouldn't hold out long enough, so I borrowed this converter and ran my laptop and Thinkjet printer off it for about 8 hours. I asked where she got it, and she couldn't tell me as someone else had bought it for her, but she knew it had been purchased in Hong Kong. I would like to get one myself. Barbara Vaughan