Help Converting U.S. Mains To UK Appliances

[Timbo21]

I'm just off to New York next week & am looking for an adaptor that will be able to convert U.S. 110V, I believe it is, to our voltage. I've seen those little plug converters in Argos & they say you can use in the U.S., but surely you need something more substantial to up the voltage, I would have thought?

Thanks,

T.

 

[Dr Diversity]

I think Argos may be confusing adaptors and convertors. The former is only suitable for devices already rated 100 - 240 V AC whereas the latter, load permitting, will cope with everything.

 

[ABC1]

You need one of these

 

[Member 55145]

ha ha loved some of the q&a

Q) What is the difference between 100 vA and 300 vA units? - joseph
A) the difference is 200VA

 

[Nick_UK]

VA is almost the same as the wattage (I used the word almost for the purists out there, because it's not quite the same). You need to choose an adaptor which can handle the power of the appliance that you connect to it. So a 30VA adaptor would be OK for something like a laptop. These things are actually transformers, and you can get ones which will handle over 2000VA, but I doubt that you would be able to lift one this size

 

[Reepicheep]

I assume that you have checked whatever you want to use in the US to see if it's already OK to use at 110V AC?

Quite a lot of appliances and chargers are universally rated 110V - 240VAC.

 

[Timbo21]

I assume that you have checked whatever you want to use in the US to see if it's already OK to use at 110V AC?

Quite a lot of appliances and chargers are universally rated 110V - 240VAC.

Thanks, yes I've noticed on my camcorder adaptor it's rated 110v - 240v 50/60hz, so that should be fine.