Will UK spec Beolab 3 speakers work in Canada?

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Guzzler (archived)
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Posted December 9, 2008 at 03:13 GMT
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Any advice/experience welcomed. I have searched around and checked out the specifications here;

 http://www.bang-olufsen.com/UserFiles/File/ts/BeoLab3_en.pdf 

but have not been able to find an easy answer.

 

I will be spending a fair amount of time indoors avoiding the freezing Winnipeg winter and would like to take my British Beolab 3 speaker. But will they work with a Canadian power supply? 

 

Thanks.

 Ben 

 

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9_LEE
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Posted December 9, 2008 at 03:34 GMT
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Hi

 

No, they won't just plug & play' as the voltage in Canada is different to the UK.

You can either use a voltage converter (see our FAQ section article on them) or your engineer can do a simple tweak to the 'insides' for them to run on 110v.

Lee

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Guzzler (archived)
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Posted December 9, 2008 at 06:19 GMT
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Thanks for that. A transformer seems a lot of hassle so maybe I will just buy some cheap speakers in Canada to see me through. 

JO
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joeyboygolf
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Posted December 9, 2008 at 06:31 GMT
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The job cannot take more than I hour. It's only a question of adding a jumper to each speaker. Easy for any service technician
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