My wife bought me this amp for Xmas.
She has bought it fro. The music store whuch I think is a German website and as such has come with a non-UK standard power cable/plug.
I’ve tried a spare one I had in a draw and it didn’t power it. It’s been in a draw for so long that the cable could just be faulty.
Can I just buy a UK power cable and plug it in?
Surely people buy these things and travek around the globe with them?
Here’s a pic of the back of it?
I know zero about electric and cables.
If this was a unit made for a different market then the input voltage could be very different. For example, it may be 100V AC in Japan or 120V AC in the US.
Connecting such a unit directly to a UK power cable is likely to let the magic smoke out.
(Basically, it fries the power supply).
So the OP was wise to ask.
But in this case, the power standards in Germany and the UK are, basically, the same, so it’s quite safe to plug it in.
It’s a just a saying, in this case, alluding to the fact that sometimes we with more experience recognize electrical symbols and terms.
We can’t take it for granted, everyone has different experiences. We are good stewards of safety to our fellow members because even the most basic things to us, those people who have zero experience and no understanding of these items and terms especially electrical, all they see is.
As I said earlier, after reading that it would be OK I managed to find a UK plug.the amount of stuff I’ve plugged in with the wrong adapters and broken!
Shavers for eg, I used the wrong charger and now it only works when plugged in - somehow it fried the battery.
I didn’t want a dead brand new amp.
I thought we used 240v and saw that this said 230v and so my inexperienced brain decided to aire on the side of caution and check first.
Appreciate that it’s really basic but I’ve never had a guitar amp before as I’ve o ly been playing for 18 months and my previous guitars were acoustic.
Have a great day. 