In article , "Toller" wrote:
Years ago I was on an archeological dig in Israel. My razor was 120v and
the Israeli voltage is 240v. However, they deliberately were dropping the
voltage to conserve energy so I figured my razor ought to be okay.

It went up in a blue flash and smoked like crazy.

An entirely predictable result, of course. And you wonder why I give you grief
when you try to give people electrical advice.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.