Moving to Australia with my Imacs....

I am moving to Australia and have two Imacs. Love them. Want to keep them. Can they run indefinitely on an international power adapter or do I need to change out the power source eventually. I don't want to sell them and rebuy over there.

When I say adapter, I mean an inexpensive plug adapter like found on this page.
Down the page are universal adapters to easily adapt a power cord from anywhere in the world to the wall blades used in both Europe and Australia.
Dah•veed

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