Using 110 volt for USA use...A question

[Rocky1313]

I just purchased a Mistral DT 307B Integrated Amp Hybrid ( 110 volt)...
and it works great, however I am curious if it will hurt to use it on USA ( 120 Volts )
Thanks

 

[timofred]

Most ? appliances have a
10% +/- tolerance,
You should be OK ?

Check owner manual.

 

[avionic]

Depends.. On the capacitor voltage ratings used in the power supply.. If they have a wide SAO then 120 will not be and issue.

 

[swechsler]

US line voltage is generally spec'ed between 110V and 125V. You'll be fine.

 

[WaynerN]

US line voltage is generally spec'ed between 110V and 125V. You'll be fine.

The ANSI standard for US voltage is 120 volt as the base line.

 

[RVT1K]

According to this: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/990200/Mistral-Dt-307b.html?page=11#manual

Its not a problem, the unit is spec'ed for 100VAC to 120VAC 50/60Hz.

 

[swechsler]

The ANSI standard for US voltage is 120 volt as the base line.

It is now. Not so in the past.

 

[OBMG74]

^^^^
Interesting article, I still sometimes slip and refer to household voltage as 110 and 220, rather than 120 and 240.
I'm old. I knew Edison.....

 

[vwestlife]

Electricians still refer to it as "110" and "220" even though the North American standard has been 120 and 240 volts since at least the 1970s, or around the time they switched from cycles per second to Hertz.

Go back further than that, and nobody could seem to agree on the voltage -- you'll see equipment rated at 110, 115, 117.5, 120, 125, 127, or even 130 volts. Also, the 60 Hz/cps line frequency wasn't standardized until the late 1950s -- before then, there were areas using 25 or 50 Hz. In fact, part of the reason why New Orleans flooded during Katrina was that they were still using old pumps designed for 25 Hz power, and the equipment converting the power from 60 Hz to 25 Hz to run them had failed.

 

[WaynerN]

The 60hz configuration was key to the electric clock hanging in every kitchen wall back then. It used a synchronous motor that was locked onto the 60hz line frequency and helped to maintain correct time. I believe the motors were 300rpm, geared down to 5 rpm. That would be 60 rpms per minute. Moments later, that technology found its way into turntables to deliver all of us accurate turntable speed.

 

[vwestlife]

Moments later, that technology found its way into turntables to deliver all of us accurate turntable speed.

Phonographs had speed governors long before they switched from spring-driven motors to electric motors.

 

[whoaru99]

It is now. Not so in the past.

What it is now is the consideration at hand.

 

[gadget73]

around the time they switched from cycles per second to Hertz.

I still use cycles. Less painful.