Thanks so much for that info. John. When I return to the UK next year, I will check the back of my Casios to see which have voltages that can be changed with a simple turn of a screwdriver. Great to know!
On 31 August 2015 at 11:04, John Leimseider john.leimseider@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
On the VZ1 and several other Casios, the voltage switch is just a screwdriver operated rotary switch on the bottom. On the VZ1, it's underneath on the treble side... A few seconds to change it...
Sent from my iPadDaniel, thank you for the detailed and very useful information. It's interesting in that many modern power supplies in the form of "wall warts" - e.g. my mobile/ cell phone transformer, my digital camera transformer and the power supply for my laptop all work happily on 110v as they do on 240v, yet older electronic devices don't.
I was looking at buying a few of these for when I ship over my "circus" (good description - lol!) next year:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271916970396?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Where did you get your custom made transformers made? My other option would be be to get something similar that could the be connected to a gang socket/ multi socket that I could then use to power all my UK instruments from.
Cheers!
Chas
On 31 August 2015 at 10:33, Daniel Forró danforcz@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I have moved from Europe to Japan 12 years ago with all my circus (really lot of instruments and other gear) and had to solve similar problem. My experience is:
- very few machines have PSU which accepts wide range of voltages and switch automatically to any input voltage (example - Emu Systems instruments, Apple computers...)
- only few instruments has universal transformer and voltage selector - mainly older machines (for example some Yamaha, Roland, Korg, Casio...)
- very few machines have voltage selector but quite unusable for my case as it can switch only 100 or 120 Volts, or 200 or 240 (example - Yamaha active speakers MS60S)
- few machine have universal transformer and inside are pins enabling reconnecting to different voltage (example - Korg mixer 168RC)
- very few machines have universal transformer but it's necessary to solder cables to different location (for example Roland JD800)
- most machines were manufactured for different world zones and can't be switched to different voltage without changing transformer. I have to use step-up transformer changing Japanese 100 Volts to European 220 Volts. I have custom made big transformer - 5 kW - for all machines in my studio, one 2.5 kW which I use for concert gigs, and few more smaller for different tasks and reserve.
Let's not forget when you change the voltage, it's necessary to change also fuses! Try to find some information about this.
Daniel Forro
On Aug 31, 2015, at 11:16 PM, '350ypvs@...' 350ypvs@... [CZsynth] wrote:
Jerome, please post what you discover if you find a solution to your Europe to Canada CZ-1 voltage problem. I have emigrated to the USA and next year I will be shipping over my synth collection from the UK, which includes mains powered CZ-1, FZ-20M and VZ-1. I was looking at buying some 110v - 240 voltage converters, but if there';s a simple switch inside the Casios that can make them run on 110v that would be much better.
Cheers!
Chas