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Ibsen
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 Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:58 pm Post subject: Step Down Voltage Converters for North American Devices? |
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I'm going to Korea soon and have been reading up on how you need step down voltage converters or adapters to not blow out your North American electronics. The few threads and articles I've found on the subject are rather technical and confusing and don't really provide any information on where to actually buy the darn things.
So I'm asking here, where can you buy these and what are they actually called? I know pretty much nothing about voltages, amps, current, and stuff like that, so just a basic "buy this and you will be fine" type of response would be much appreciated. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:08 pm Post subject: Re: Step Down Voltage Converters for North American Devices? |
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| Ibsen wrote: |
I'm going to Korea soon and have been reading up on how you need step down voltage converters or adapters to not blow out your North American electronics. The few threads and articles I've found on the subject are rather technical and confusing and don't really provide any information on where to actually buy the darn things.
So I'm asking here, where can you buy these and what are they actually called? I know pretty much nothing about voltages, amps, current, and stuff like that, so just a basic "buy this and you will be fine" type of response would be much appreciated. |
If money is not an issue then print this off: http://cablesandconnectors.com/PIX/phist100.jpg and take it to your neighborhood department store.
50,000 won.
If you can actually read English then look at the tags on the stuff you want to bring.
If it has a line that says, "Input 110-240VAC" then you don't need anything other that a plug adapter. 500 won.
If it says, "input 110-125VAC) then yes, you do need the big box in the photo above.
Typically: laptops, cameras, phone chargers, battery chargers, things that are expected to travel, etc. are rated at 110-250VAC.
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Ibsen
Joined: 09 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: Step Down Voltage Converters for North American Devices? |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
If money is not an issue then print this off: http://cablesandconnectors.com/PIX/phist100.jpg and take it to your neighborhood department store.
50,000 won.
If you can actually read English then look at the tags on the stuff you want to bring.
If it has a line that says, "Input 110-240VAC" then you don't need anything other that a plug adapter. 500 won.
If it says, "input 110-125VAC) then yes, you do need the big box in the photo above.
Typically: laptops, cameras, phone chargers, battery chargers, things that are expected to travel, etc. are rated at 110-250VAC.
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Awesome, thanks for the info! Fortunately, I have been bestowed with the amazing ability of being able to read and therefore am capable of deciphering the complex script written on my electronic's tags. I have discovered that indeed most of them say 110-240 so I would just need the basic adapter. Some of my electronics don't have tags on them or some just don't say what voltage it can handle (hair dryer) so I guess my best bet would be to just try it and if it blows up, to go out and buy a new one.
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sml7285
Joined: 26 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: Step Down Voltage Converters for North American Devices? |
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| Ibsen wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
If money is not an issue then print this off: http://cablesandconnectors.com/PIX/phist100.jpg and take it to your neighborhood department store.
50,000 won.
If you can actually read English then look at the tags on the stuff you want to bring.
If it has a line that says, "Input 110-240VAC" then you don't need anything other that a plug adapter. 500 won.
If it says, "input 110-125VAC) then yes, you do need the big box in the photo above.
Typically: laptops, cameras, phone chargers, battery chargers, things that are expected to travel, etc. are rated at 110-250VAC.
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Awesome, thanks for the info! Fortunately, I have been bestowed with the amazing ability of being able to read and therefore am capable of deciphering the complex script written on my electronic's tags. I have discovered that indeed most of them say 110-240 so I would just need the basic adapter. Some of my electronics don't have tags on them or some just don't say what voltage it can handle (hair dryer) so I guess my best bet would be to just try it and if it blows up, to go out and buy a new one.
Thanks! |
Bad bad bad idea. I did this when I went to England a few years back and I overloaded the circuits in the entire building. If you aren't sure about the voltage of an appliance, then don't use it. |
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Ibsen
Joined: 09 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Step Down Voltage Converters for North American Devices? |
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| sml7285 wrote: |
| Bad bad bad idea. I did this when I went to England a few years back and I overloaded the circuits in the entire building. If you aren't sure about the voltage of an appliance, then don't use it. |
Ha! Okay thanks for the advice. I guess I'll just have to buy a new one when I get to Korea. |
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everything-is-everything
Joined: 06 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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What about the other way around?
I'm planning in bringing my laptop purchased in Korea back to Canada.
Can I just buy a converter or do I have to worry about voltage as well?
Thanks in advance |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| everything-is-everything wrote: |
What about the other way around?
I'm planning in bringing my laptop purchased in Korea back to Canada.
Can I just buy a converter or do I have to worry about voltage as well?
Thanks in advance |
SAME advice.
Read the tag/label on the brick.
I would be very surprised if it wasn't "INPUT: 110-250VAC."
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