"Dallas" wrote in message
m...

(Yeah, I know it's not "repair" but my favorite techie types are here.)

I'll be floating down a French river on a small barge in several weeks.
They'll provide 220v from a Hawker Siddely Generator.

I'll have a couple of expensive 110v devices that I intend to connect
through a step down transformer (not purchased yet). They implied that
the power might not be all that clean and they won't be responsible for
voltage fluctuations.

Would a surge protector and an appropriate transformer protect things
or should I be looking at a voltage regulator.. or maybe voltage
regulator/transformer combo?

I really don't want the "magic smoke" to escape from my stuff.

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Dallas

What about sticking a constant voltage transformer between the genny and
your step down tranny. Loads of 'em dirt cheap on FleaBay. All surges and
sags taken care of, as well as the inherent crap cleaning that you get from
these devices, so you would then be getting a nice clean constant 230v or
whatever into your 230v - 110v tranny.

In fact this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOLA-CONST...item4cf686892b

does the stepping down to 120v as well, saving you having to buy that tranny
....

Arfa