Step down voltage for Japan to US turntable


Having purchased a turntable labeled 100v 50/60hz I'm wondering if it is necessary to use a step-down transformer to convert US 120v to 100v. I've heard both that you do and that you don't need to do this. Can someone tell me if they have experience in this application? Thanks.
rloggie

Showing 1 response by serus

Many times the internal transformer has multiple taps, which allow you to use it with a 120 or 220 volts mains. This should be a simple job for any decent technician and save you the hassle of yet another gadget in the system.
On the other hand, if you are buying an adapter the make sure that it is NOT an auto-transformer. It would then behave as an isolation tranformer and there are benefits to having such a gadget...