Yes back in the 80s there was a home computer called the Lynx. It was a
fairly good machine for the money but a lot of the power supplies went down
due to being made for 210 5o 230 mains. . I know they did get very hot, but
I find myself still sceptical that running them at around ten more volts rms
would cause the problems observed. they said made in France but who knows
what rubbish they were actually made from.
Another friend of mine bought a small TV in Hong Kong around the same era
which was supposed to be plug and play anywhere in the world, and the t v
did, but the power supply welded itself to his coffee table it got so hot.
Brian

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On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 22:12:10 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
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Andrew explained on 26/01/2019 :
the plate says 240V AC; hope it copes with 210- 230 volts that
we seem to be getting these days.

I used to get 242 volts and hardly any variation up to about
a decode ago, now it varies from 211 to 226 volts

Some local issue to you then, ours has always been 240v +-2v

My understanding is that the supply voltage has not changed, only the
nominal voltage. Someone will have the figures but I was told the
narrow band round our 240V fits inside the wider band round 230V.

Locally something could have changed of course.