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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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 Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 3:17 pm Post subject: 250 V? |
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| so i've heard all this talk about laptops with multi-range voltage being usable in korea. however, the high-end of laptops seems to be 240v...the surge protector strip says 250v. won't that still fry the laptop? and if i wanted to go with a voltage converter, i've seen both 1000 and 2000 (watt?) models at walmart - which should i go with? |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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Nah, it won't fry it.
The laptop itself works on very low DC power, typically 15V, converted from AC by the power brick. |
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keninseoul
Joined: 09 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 5:45 pm Post subject: spikes |
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| be 240v...the surge protector strip says 250v. won't that still fry the laptop? and if i wanted to go with a voltage converter, i've seen both 1000 and 2000 (watt?) models at walmart - which should i go with? |
you are mixing apples n oranges, a bit
the surge protector protects against spikes or surges, these are (should be!) infrequent the adapter should not have a problem handling an occasional clipped spike up to 250V
a step-down transformer also passes a spike, albeit reduced. 1000W would be fine for your laptop and more than likely a printer as well - check the WATTS or VA ratings; the sum of the WATTS or VA ratings of all equipment plugged into the transformer must be (well) below the transformers rating (1000W)
hardware stores sell step-down transformers at a much lower price than department stores
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