Beolab Penta 2 / 6623 - line voltage conversion possible?

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fireman (archived2)
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Posted February 6, 2020 at 10:40 GMT
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Hi, I have a decent pair of Penta 2s - amongst a bunch of other classic B&O!

They were bought when I lived in the USA, and are of course 120V. Is it possible to convert them to 220V as I now live in NZ? I've done that successfully for a couple of products, where it's just a question of removing jumpers and resoldering in the correct positions. Now maybe my google-fu is weak, but I haven't found anything on the topic of performing such a voltage conversion on Pentas anywhere.

Anyone help? Thanks!

(And gentle with the new guy please :-) - well not actually new, I've been on here a little before, but so long ago I can't remember a trace of what my username was!) 

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Beobuddy
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Posted February 9, 2020 at 12:47 GMT
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Rewiring the transformer and another fuses are used.

I've done it some time ago with a pair from the States coming to Europe.

Location: Utrecht

Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.
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fireman (archived2)
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Posted February 11, 2020 at 01:54 GMT
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OK, that's good to know - but is there any information on how to do the conversion? What exactly needs to be rewired? 

Thanks! 

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fireman (archived2)
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Posted February 11, 2020 at 02:03 GMT
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Oh wait I found a manual! There's the answer! 


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