Sony TC-366 Mains selection.

Two position? If so, try both. It won't run well on the 240 V setting. If it has lights, the brightest setting.

I once made an amplifier very unhappy by plugging it inadvertently to a dimmer-controlled circuit on stage. Is it possible that, as it couldn't have the volts, it tried to suck the amps instead? Anyway, it got very hot and let smoke out.

I have one here in oz. There are 6 positions on the voltage selector

With the plug inserted with the notch upward ie at 12 oclock it is 100v . The next position to the right ie clockwise or 2o clock is 110 V. The plate above the selector lists the range of voltages right around to 240 at 10 oclock.

Russell

Much more likely that it didn't like the chopped up "area under the curve" waveform that the dimmer was giving it, I would have thought ...

Arfa

Could be. Funny thing was, it worked OK. No hum or noise. I didn't know anything was wrong until I smelt the hot. Rather a coincidence if it just picked that day to fail. Something was being stressed by the under-voltage (or maybe the supply waveform>)

Thank you Sir. You have solved my problem.

Adrian.

No.

Electronics aren't a resistive load and won't work off solid state dimmers.

He'd need the 120 V setting in that case. Two to the right of vertical?