Should you mess about with 110-120v /220-240v settings?

[09206678582]

is it harry potter talking????

[Azard3]

Will my UK PS3 work in Canada?

[alistairstuart2009]

@Azard3 you might need to get a 110v to 240v converter if they use 110v

[haz939]

Just switch the bloody switch will be more entertaining!!

[KevinRexrod]

110/120 VAC In North America and 220/240 VAC In Europe, never set your appliance to 110/120 VAC in Europe because you,ll definately destroy it!

[JillBattleSlut]

@KevinRexrod:

bollocks it will just blow the fuse at the back or the internal glass fuse/s. it won't destroy it as I tried it with an old computer psu.

[DanNixon2007]

Most appliances I use have switch mode power supplies anyway, I had considered this type of PSU pretty obsolete.

[cjsmitzer]

Do most turntables have a switch to convert the power input? Because i will be moving to canada soon and i was going to hold off on buying a turntable but if i can get one in the uk with this switch on it then that would be great :)

[YoungGunzBass01]

Good luck getting that appliance to another country lol.

[NaseemSrour]

That was useful. Thanks :)

[tiiga6]

I just bought something from the states, living in australia, and I plugged the device into the wall socket, it buzzed for about 10 seconds then blew and cracked then turned off and wont turn back on.. i think i stuffed it but is there anyway to fix it???

[GlycerinZ]

120V should be country A

[fairyheli2]

@GlycerinZ no , most countries use 220-240

[InkaPeru]

i thought he was gonna explain the difference in hertz, why does 240v have less hertz than 110v?

[Babis995]

at 2:45 is the pioneer mixer DJM-600???

[skonkfactory]

Wow, dude, patronizing much?

[67tr876]

in the usa a house gets 110/120/220/240 that go's for most house's. in my house we get 110/120 but 240 is for the dryer.

[stewartx5]

Good grief. You're making this far more difficult than it is. Everything you said can be summarized up in a single sentence - set the voltage selector on any device to the wall outlet voltage supplied by your country.

Of course, even that sentence need not be said since the owners manual will most certainly cover the topic.

[QWERTaYi]

lol @ headmaster/granny here....

[SkyFitsHeaven24]

North America (US, Canada and Mexico) are really the only places on Earth still using 120v supplies. Everywhere else it's 220 or 240 v. I live in the US and have wondered why we never converted over to the more efficient higher voltage. In N. American homes 240v is available but used only for heavy duty appliances.

[mp3dmp3d]

The higher voltage is no more efficient since they both result in the same power usage (watts). european 240v also runs at 50Hz; in north america, we run at 120v and at 60Hz -- 50Hz can make lights and televisions flicker and cause power drops in gear.

the only efficiency is that it uses less copper to run at 240, but north america is abundant with copper and north american industries are the beneficiaries of this extra use of copper.

[Marsteintoppen]

50Hz don't make lights flicker. A light is constantly turned on. A 50Hz television show 50 pictures a second, and may have some small flicker if you look very closely at the screen at a special angle. But TV's in Europe is now minimum 100Hz anyway.

[cpmisalive]

@mp3dmp3d : No, the current in the wire is what heats it. The higher the voltage the less current and less heat produced in the wires / transformers / generators / motors etc. The US stayed on the old DC voltage of 110V whilst Europe followed the Germans with 220V. Here in the UK, we're on 240V for low power devices and 415V for higher power devices. Yes, the USA is a major copper producer, but why waste copper and power, it isn't infinite.

[armando92]

@SkyFitsHeaven24 in some places in japan there are 120 volts too

[SuperSmasher97]

@SkyFitsHeaven24 in our country we get 380v vor heavy duty appliances,and 230v for normal ones lol

[stewartx5]

@SkyFitsHeaven24 > '.. wondered why we never converted ..'

Do you realise how many electronic devices are used in the USA, along with cost and complexity of switching all to another voltage? It could be done (as other countries have shown), but would require a long phase-in period allowing consumers to replace spent items with new supporting increased voltage. Household appliances, factory machinery, and similar can last decades.

[wtonckens]

You shouldn,t touch it unless you have to because you moved to North America from Europe or vice versa. North America is 110/120 Vac and Europe 220/240 Vac don,t forget to get an adapter plug or a new plug and check the colorcode on the wires! and make shure they,re connected to the right clamps inside the plug if you cannot convert it get a transformer.

[CB95CB]

We did it with our computer in our classroom...We switched it on 115. And Boom!

[hitachi088]

@CB95CB

normaly , it is not supposed to do that .

[pat20105]

@CB95CB what did your teacher say?

[mattio140]

No shit Sherlock.

[charlou3]

¸that was the most complex explanation, for such an easy thing...

america =110-120 volts rms

europe and maybe opther countries = 220-240 volts rms

[1001rants]

thank you captain obvious

[codemsan]

lol i know right!

[dufflar]

Won't blow up if you set it to 220 and plug it into a 120. BUT, It will burn up the transformer if you set to 120 and plug into 220.

[slaterking1000]

I thought it will over ampage

[SicSniper4unreal]

true, if your in 120 zone and set it to 220, all that happens is the lights dim on the appliance.

[djlenny101]

Do this to any old computer power supply - It *does* explode, quite spectacular really considering =]

[Hoops355]

full stop u dont touch it? u just did :S

[akasanova]

my mixers transformer got burnt and now i can't practise n njoy i've went to some shops but they don't have any it's 230v 50 hz input to 9v 1500mA any1 knows where can i find one of this???thx and soz for my bad english :)

[alexz1337]

i did this by accident on my amp and it did not do anything more than blow the 4 glass fuses in there

[jerome70743]

looooooool those swiches are a nightmare they can be easily mistaken for a on switch... i learned this when i blew up my dell pc :)

[samboy600]

hahahah i did that too.. when i was like 10 yrs old.. scared the SHIT out of me blue flames shot out of the power pack

[jerome70743]

lol in no sounds like a french banger lol !!!!

[123nothing456]

jerome70743 is also have did that with my com

xD

THAT COM WAS BLOWINGXD

there also came dust out of it:P

ps: sorry for my bad inglish i am normaly dutch:)

[jerome70743]

looooooool those swiches are a nightmare they can be easily mistaken for a on switch... i learned this when i blew up my dell pc :)

[lowrider5140]

whoa back up wait.. do u mean from what u said at the very beginning, that powered speakers are suppsot to be plugged directly into the walla nd not from like a powerbar?

[Maxsdiscos]

Thats not strictly true Jonathan, it wont break. I did it with my Stanton S250 CD Player and there is actually FUSES inside the appliance. Wired alarm systems take the same type of fuse and they are known as Circuitboard fuses. These are not avaliable from anywhere, you would need to visit an electrical wholesaler for supply of them. Practise and Enjoy!

[tranceaddict643]

how much do these speakers cost?

[DudasMiska]

Dont touch the Voltage settings or that fizzy stuff will come out of the box thing and it will make this crackly soart of noise.

[IKONOCLASM666]

This due is cool as hell, thanks man

[DJARKITECH]

This happned to me

this stopped me enering the tenminmix!!!!!

i broke my turntable!!!!!!!!!

aaaagggghhhhhh!!!!

[djarodmixmaster]

country "B is for united states as usa for dj gear

[ellaskins]

A, B , remember i only gave this as an example. j

[Azsman610]

Why cant you be country "B"! And ill be country "A"! ;-)

[ellaskins]

If you show me your B i'll show you my A and i promis i will not tell any one!, lol j

[Azsman610]

Come to think of it it seems only far that im country "A" and your country "B" seeing how im "A"merican and your "B"ritish! Huh HUH! Gotcha their! ;-)

[tmacc]

Nice (5)*****

[myztic123]

3min in short:

when you are in a country where you get 220-240V Power switch it to the corresponding side, when you are in a country where you get 110-120 Volts of Power you switch it to that side 8-)

[masterhook]

I am in country B, Go 110v~120v!!!

[myztic123]

no lets go for 230volts! :>

[brightnights07]

He's right... DO NOT TOUCH IT! I switched one on a computer in my school once and blew the computer up, almost caused a fire so its a bad idea.

[azagedon]

What if you buy online and it gets shipped and ect? How would you know which power setting is for you country?

[yvesmdjgryphon]

if you ship it from another country, always check the power settings before plugging anything in. you should know the power voltage in your country or you can look it up.

[Bretty135]

Very repetitive Jonathan, someone did that with a computer that I was about to work on, I plugged it in and there was a bang and a cloud of smoke. DON'T TOUCH THE SWITCH!!!

(the PSU then required replacing.)

[Rudega]

Thanks Jon I'm doing an educational course that might get me a leg up :)