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[zander7990]

hi. does anyone know if you can buy a goerge foreman grill here or anything similar to it? i wanted to bring mine over but it was a 3-prong plug and i know that japan uses 2-prongs. any suggestions on if its possible to convert and use here or any places i may be able to buy something similar??

thanx

[denise]

You should be able to buy a, for lack of a more technical term, prong converter.

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[bshabu]

I brought my Baby George Rotisserie and bought a "prong converter". Works just fine.

[Big John Stud]

[quote="zander7990"]hi. does anyone know if you can buy a goerge foreman grill here or anything similar to it? i wanted to bring mine over but it was a 3-prong plug and i know that japan uses 2-prongs. any suggestions on if its possible to convert and use here or any places i may be able to buy something similar??

thanx[/quote]

Yea all you need is an adapter! Go to a hardware store, most have them.

[JimDunlop2]

Actually, I must say that I'm a little bit surprised that it would work fine.... Japan uses slightly lower voltage than N. America. 100V AC, specifically, rather than 115V or 120V AC.

I've been under the impression than any electrical appliance that utilizes a heating element or motor and doesnt have a built-in AC/DC transformer will be impaired. I.e. the heating element won't get as hot, or the motor wont spin as fast....

Andd that's also what a friend confirnmed in the case of her waffle iron from back home.... It works, but takes longer to heat up, and takes longer to make a waffle....

But I'm glad to hear your grill is working OK...

[Mark]

I'm actually in the same boat, trying to find a George Forman-style grill. No luck so far. I though that if I brought one from NA I'd have to buy a full transformer to convert the current rather than just a prong-adapter thing. I use one of those for my laptop but it can handle any kind of current and doesn't need a transformer.

At any rate, I brought a new electric toothbrush contraption back with me last time. I bought a transformer that they specifically said would work for Japan, but of course it doesn't work. If what has been said about not needing a transformer is true, then I guess I can just get a plug adapter and use that. It might charge slower, but I wonder if the different current will cause any damage to a charger. Anybody know?

As for the George Forman grill, I've looked at theflyingpig.com (the costco delivery service) and amazon and some other places. No luck. Nothing in the stores either. I've come to the conclusion that Japanese people simply don't grill meat often enough to justify selling those products here. But if anyone find one, please let me know.

[bshabu]

[zander7990]

thanx everyone. i always thought that i would need to get a convertor b/c of the dif. voltage here in japan, compared to canada. i guess there isnt too much of a dif. if some ppl can still use their grill without changing the voltage. i will have to give it a try since i cant find anything like it here in japan. if some of you say it works, or even if its alittle slower, should still be fine. i bet its still cheaper than using the oven to cook your chicken or burgers to keep the fat down.

wonder how much it will cost to ship my baby over.

[adventurous]

I bought a George Foreman grill in a recycle shop. So, although I can't tell you where to get it, I know that I found one there! I suppose it is possible that a foreigner had left it in that little recycle shop in the middle of nowhere! Either way, I didn't use a converter, and it worked fine!

[zander7990]

wat kind of adaptor are you talking about?? i went to yamada denki looking for an adaptor but all they had were ones to change from japanese to other countries. they said that they dont sell a canadian 3 prong to a japanese 2 prong. and is the adaptor just that?? an adaptor or a voltage convertor?