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Using Japan 100V Accuphase amp in US 120V. Safe?

I bought an Accuphase E-212 from audiogon recently.
On the back of the unit it clearly shows 100v which is Japaness voltage. I spoke with the seller about this issue and he told me that Accuphase are made universal, which means that you can run 100V amp made for Japaness in US as well. I don't agree with him. According to Accuphase catelog, the US amps has 120V printed on the back of E-212.
The link is www.accuphase.com/pdf/e-212_e.pdf
Can I run 100V amp in US 120v? Anybody has ideas? Thanks.
cyuagain
adhoc
47 posts
 
It's not just the question of the warranty.
If you have a problem with an Accuphase product bought in another area, they won't even work on it !
It happened to me.
Accuphase refused to repair my preamp, as I didn't buy it in the country I live, though I had bought other expensives items in my country ! It was in 2004.
As it was not too difficult a problem, a private engineer has been able to fix it.
Otherwise, the only solution is to send the outfit to the country it's been originally sold.
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kops
478 posts
 
is it still easy to change by technician new Accupahse cdplayers from 100V to 230V ?
dazzdax
599 posts
 
Kops, the units that were released after 2002(or 2003?) are made for a specific AC voltage and therefore not accessible for DIY voltage converting job any longer, unless you are an Accuphase technician who can internally change the power wiring scheme.

Chris
pauly
1,012 posts
 
Unsafe, and I believe you should expose the sellers ID to the community. Not somebody we should wnt to deal with.

Regards
Paul
nolitan
865 posts
 
Pls dont do that. If something goes wrong, accuphase will not warranty it. 100v accuphase intended for japan only , 120 v intended for usa only. If you use any conversion like step up or step down tranny, sound deteriorates a lot.
all of these info came from accuphase.
again, buyer's risk.
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