From Perry Bebbington
Japan may decide to increase the voltage of its electricity supply from 100
to 230 volts, but this will not necessarily produce the boom in sales of
consumer goods that manufactures might hope for.
First, many electronic household goods, such as TVs and computers, have
“switch mode” power supplies capable of operating on a wide range of supply
voltages, and would operate perfectly well on 230 volts instead of 100 without
any modification.
Secondly, presumably there would be a flourishing cottage industry fitting
100-volt appliances with transformers to enable them to operate on 230
volts.
Nottingham
