[Ob3ron]

Hi folks,

I've moved to Australia recently with my STEPS+M3 and am wondering what I should do to get it working on 230V/50Hz.

The transformer that I put into it is an AMVECO 70053 transformer. The AMVECO website says its primary voltage is "115V or 230V at 50 / 60Hz".

Does that mean that all I'd need to do get it working is to change the way I have it wired? And maybe put a different fuse into into the STEPS?

If not, could I get away with powering the existing STEPS with a 230V/115V (50hz only) power transformer?

Thanks for help!

- Tommy

 

[FallenAngel]

Just a couple of wires switched on the STEPS board, take a look at the docs, 5 minute job.

 

[Ob3ron]

Holy hat! That does seem easy.

Tangent's STEPS assembly page says:

Quote:

100-120 V power: Put a short jumper from the A pad to the B pad on the board. Jumper the C pad to the D pad. (This is the configuration shown in the picture.) 220-240 V power: Put a short jumper from the B pad to the D pad on the board.

So changing that will let me run the STEPS from 230V/50hz and I don't need to worry about any of the other components like regulator, rectifier, filter? (which were standard for a STEPS)

Now I just need to figure out how to get my Hakko soldering iron running on Australian voltage

 

[stew1234]

It's very easy. I just changed an M3 I bought so I can use it in the US. Only takes a few min.