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Taking 110v pre-1986 La Pavoni to 220v-land (europe)

Posted by Alec Jacobson on May 27, 2011 at 6:09am in Equipment & Tech
I'm planning to take my pre-1986 La Pavoni machine to Switzerland. It recently dawned on me that it may only work with 110v and plugging it into the Swiss 220v (via a simple plug adapter) might fry it. Anybody have experience with this?

On the bottom of the machine there is a sticker that says: V. 110~ | W. 200 - 800

I'm looking online and see talk of step up/step down converters. Also talk of replacing heating elements. But everything I find is the opposite direction (bringing a european 220v machine to america's 110v outlets).

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