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alexandra
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Help! 220/115 voltage
« Thread Started on Sept 23, 2006, 2:05pm »		[Quote]
Coming from a 220 voltage country, we had some appliances (stereo, kitchen machine, electric toothbrush) that only work on 220. We tried some of the converters, but we only got the toothbrush working. Although important, I was wondering whether someone has a tip for getting the other ones working as well. Thank you very much in advance for any help!
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Re: Help! 220/115 voltage
« Reply #1 on Sept 24, 2006, 9:36am »		[Quote]
See if there is a Radioshack in your area, they can advice you...Probably you need a converter with more power then the small ones...
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« Reply #2 on Oct 3, 2006, 1:03pm »		[Quote]
Thank you, Astrid. Unfortunately, we tried that and it didn't work out. But thank you anyway.
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Re: Help! 220/115 voltage
« Reply #3 on Jan 17, 2007, 5:49pm »		[Quote]
Dear Alexandra,

The problem you are having, probably has to do with the Hrz (wavelength) difference 50Hrz to 60Hrz. Most all electronics are very sensitive to that. Anything with a chip in it blows up real easy. Most converters are not worth your trouble.

Sorry to bear the bad news.

Mart
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« Reply #4 on Jun 3, 2008, 4:32am »		[Quote]
Most of the home appliances or electronic equipment that are capable of running on both 230VAC and 110VAC , they have the ability to operate on 50Hz or 60Hz without any problems.
The quality and the max. power of the converter is relevant in this.

If you connect a 110V device to a 230V>110VAC converter and it does not operate normally, you will not blow up the device.
If so, there was a problem in the device already.

An easy way to calculate if your voltage converter has the appropriate power level to handle the job, just multiply the operating voltage by the current it takes.
E.g. operating voltage is 230VAC and the device uses 300mA (or 0.3A), the power consumption will be 69Watts.
If you use a voltage converter with a max of 50Watts, it will not work.
Maybe the voltage converters you have been using are all below the needed power level ?
A kitchen machine mostly runs on a higher current then a toothbrush.
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