Originally Posted By: Don Gaynor
Keith,

This is not a slam against "The Outback" but Tommy Emanuel said in an interview that he had to be prepared for either AC or DC mains when he was gigging in Oz. Is that still the case over there?

Worse, the outlets were seldom marked resulting in his "letting the smoke out" of several amplifier.

Don

Don, it ain't as bad as people might lead you to believe.

There sure isn't any DC Mains and never has been. That was an Edison thing - Tommy's pulling your leg.
(Well, I confess that there was some DC distribution way back when for a few building with elevators that had DC motors, but that was a special dedicated supply into some high-rise buildings).

All domestic outlets here are 240V 50Hz single phase. No exceptions. Yep, some lower-voltage gear might have smoked, but somebody would've had to cut the plug off and fitted another, because every domestic 240V outlet in Australia is exactly the same.

And there's nothing worse than letting the smoke out... I hate that.

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