BT mains conditioner for outside UK

[Superaintit]

Hi Guys,

As per the title, I'm really interested in trying the BT mains conditioning unit. Can it be savely used In The Netherlands, provided I use the right plug adapters of course?

What are your thoughts on this?

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Superaintit,

You can use your mains-conditioner in the Netherlands without any problem. Mains in Holland exactly the same as in the UK. Only difference plugs and wall sockets. Your conditioner is a balanced power supply, but perhaps you know already. They also call it isolation transformer. Often it is a big and heavy toroidal transformer. It is the only way to real clean AC power. Don't use other filters. But do use shielded power cables from the BT unit to your gear. So you won't again introduce new RFI/EMI noise. Hope you will be happy with the unit. I am jealous. I am living in South Africa at the moment and can't buy a balanced power supply here. (Yes, I can, for really ridiculous prices).

Kind regards, Hendrik Jan.

 

[Superaintit]

Just an update: bought the BT mains conditioner 250 unit, with two sockets. Great buy!

Thanks to the forum and especially Trevor and HendrikJ I got an upgrade on the cheap that made everything sound just right.

Some of the improvements:

-Details in musical reproduction have become more obvious;

-The sound is a little bit 'tighter', the base is tighter.

-The sound seems more controlled. So much so it took me a day to get used to it! At first I wasn't sure I liked it better then before.No going back now, though. It rocks and is controlled at the same time.

Far better then a cable upgrade.Highly recommended!

 

[aliEnRIK]

Far as im aware, its just a big transformer to remove RFI, not a balanced mains transformer, and not a 'conditioner' in the normal sense of the word

They do work very well

You might consider (if you can) plugging your tv through it too

 

[Anonymous]

Yes that's right.
The BT Units are based around a large transformer followed by a pair of 240v capacitors. Added to which is an overload protection circuit.

A transformer stabalizes and smooths the mains supply, the bigger the VA rating the better.
They are found in all powered equipment, but few amps house one as large as the BT Units. Capacitors store current and will ebb and flow with the demands made on the supply line.
They are in effect a PSX unit without a diode bridge (which converts AC to DC) so cleans and protects giving an unrestricted supply feed.

I have found that the Classic mains cables I have fitted to equipment make little or no difference such is the effectiveness of these units.