Voltage selectors

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donahuest

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Hello. I was wondering what voltage people are setting their radios to? I know for Europe you would use 220v but what about North America?Some of my boxes are at 110V while others have ranges such as 100-110v or 115-127V. The Panasonic rx-5090 I have is set to 115-127v but I’m wondering if I should set it to 100-110v? Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
 

floyd

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The normal volts supplied by the average USA outlets is between 110/120 volts. At 100 volts you might be losing some output
 

donahuest

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Yes when I test my outlet it reads 110v. I’m scared to blow something by trying it at 100-110 setting as opposed to the current 115-127v setting? Any chance of this? Thanks.
 

Transistorized

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In my house, I have measured the voltage at my outlets on numerous occasions. While it's mostly regulated fairly well by the transformer, several houses share it. I usually get 121.3V but I have seen days where the voltage has creeped up to 123.1V

If your wall current is measuring 110 it is within the rang of the previous setting so it should be fine however, as Floyd mentioned, and especially if it seems to be functioning ok, I would agree with him in the sense that 115-127 is the most versatile setting.

Most of us aren't going to carry around a volt meter from place to place to check (when traveling especially) and you can be guaranteed that at that setting, you really can't go wrong unless you plug it into 220/240 and to do that you would need to change the plug out.

Im not sure about your area but at the 100 to 110V setting, If you happened to hit an outlet in a different area that's supplying 120V and you had it on 100-110V I would feel uncomfortable with that and not knowing about other circuits elsewhere in my area of travel would bother me personally.

So my vote would be to leave it there because I seriously doubt you will notice any performance increases by changing it and the setting it is on is a safety margin for an area that may be hitting higher numbers.
 

hopey

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You must follow the supply voltage. This can fluctuate 6% +- If the supply voltage is 100v then it can range between 94v and 106v.

110v 103.4v ~ 116.6v
240v 225.6v ~ 254.4
 

BoomboxLover48

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JVC Floyd said:
I would stick with the 115/127 volt setting .
Exactly like Floyd said! I check voltage here in Chicago and most of the time it is 127V.
100V selection would be killer when 127V is fed into the boombox.
Check your line voltage and make the best choice.
 
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