neazoi
Advanced Member level 6
Hello,
I live in a country where the mains voltage is 220v but some of my lab equipment (scopes, soldering station) operate on 110v (bought from US).
Is it safe to use these commercial autotransformers to reduce the voltage or should I better order custom standard isolated transformers to do the job?
These instruments DO work with the autotransformer, I am just asking because these instruments are delicate, so I would like to know if some problems could be caused by the use of the autotransformer (spikes, non-isolation related problems, etc)
I live in a country where the mains voltage is 220v but some of my lab equipment (scopes, soldering station) operate on 110v (bought from US).
Is it safe to use these commercial autotransformers to reduce the voltage or should I better order custom standard isolated transformers to do the job?
These instruments DO work with the autotransformer, I am just asking because these instruments are delicate, so I would like to know if some problems could be caused by the use of the autotransformer (spikes, non-isolation related problems, etc)