Zen Micro Power quest

Hi, Im in VietNam right now for vacation... I notice that that power here is different from the USA. In the US they use 0 power, here they use 20. I charge my Zen Micro by computer, would it crash my Zen Micro if i charge it with one of the computer in VN using 20 power?

HI all,
All PC's will drop down this down to the correct voltage regardless of location. Most PSU's on PC's have that little red switch switch which should never be touched that will change the PSU to accept either 0 or 22-240 Volts. So in short the PC's PSU does the work to drop this down to a standard voltage regardlesss of location.
Also the power supply thats available for the Micro will accept any global voltage (0-240 v).
Hope this clears it up.
John

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