On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:24:18 GMT, "Tim Morley" tim.morley*REMOVE
wrote:

We bought a new guitar and amp pack for my son on e-bay and it shipped
with an amp rated at 230V, 50-60Hz and a European plug. Is this safe
to use in the UK and will it work in the same way?

Yes. It can be used in this country, just swop the european plug for a
suitable UK plug, or buy a European to UK convertor.

UK mains is 230 volt, 50 Hz.

Thanks - I always thought it was 240V.

It was made common with Europe a few year back.

Nothing changed!

The spec is now 230v +10% / -6%

So legally our supply can be anything between 226.2v and 253.0v

I was refering to the notifications used on equipment, but yes
nothing really changed, except the supply company can be more
lax than before, when they was before.

J