Using US PC in UK - dual voltage

Johnmcl7

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I've read through the sticky thread but would appreciate some confirmation on this. I have four PC's from the US (two Lenovo M57's, two Shuttle SS59G's) which I want to use in the UK, I went to hit the switch to move them to 230V instead of 110V but there's no such switch. The stickers on the cases for all the machines list a voltage range of 100V-240V which I'm assuming means they'll run without issue on the higher UK mains voltage.

Everything I've read suggests it should be fine but while I've used plenty of external chargers in the US and Europe, I've never used a dual voltage internal supply. I just want to double check as I can't risk blowing the Shuttles up.

Thanks,
John
 

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If it says it supports 100-240V, then it will work on the 240V we get in the UK. It will even be slightly more efficient. You might also want to check that it says 50-60Hz, since we use 50Hz here, but it's pretty rare to find a PSU that cares about that these days.
 
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Johnmcl7

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If it says it supports 100-240V, then it will work on the 240V we get in the UK. It will even be slightly more efficient. You might also want to check that it says 50-60Hz, since we use 50Hz here, but it's pretty rare to find a PSU that cares about that these days.

Definitely states 50Hz, specifically on the Shuttle it says AC 100-240V, 5A/3A, 60Hz/50Hz.