How reliable are power convertors? I'm moving to the UK in November and will be bringing my 360 among other consoles with me and wanted to know how good do these things work and are they reliable? I don't want to fry my console.
wells said:They are pretty reliable but get quite hot. You would probably be better getting a UK power supply from ebay.
NackNack said:Just get a UK power supply, much easier.
Obviously YOU need a lesson in manners.Rott said:Obviously YOU didn't read my other post.
EDIT: If I get the Xbox 360 UK Power Supply won't it fry my console? I thought the voltage needed for the components inside are different from the UK one?
Retain said:Now now lads - calm down
AFAIK, a UK power supply would work on a non-UK 360. The 360's themselves (i.e. the bit after the external PSU) all take the same input voltage, the PSU however expects a different voltage depending on country and regulates accordingly. This is an educated guess however and not gospel... it might be worth reading the specs on the bottom of the PSU to see it's input/output values. Someone here in the UK can do likewise (I'll do it when I get home if noone else has) which would give you a more definitive answer.
With regards to the other consoles, if they don't have external PSUs then you're scuppered - you'll need to get a voltage converter. As mentioned previously, they do get hot but should do the job fine.
NackNack said:Obviously YOU need a lesson in manners.
Go work it out for yourself now, it's not hard to use a search function.
NackNack said:As I've already said, a UK PSU works fine.
beasty54 said:As rude as NackNack is, he is correct about the power supplys. A UK power supply will work fine with ANY 360
Did you read the post I was responding to?beasty54 said:I have read loads of your posts on these forums and you have to be the rudest person on here now that SuperSaiyan has gone. Why do you feel the need to be like that??
Why? I already said it works fine, I use it myself as do many - the OP could have used the search function, as I had already pointed out (it's been asked a few times).Retain said:Indeed - but the OP was asking for confirmation, this is what I was trying to do for him. Tell you what - why don't you check your PSU for us and post what it says here?
NackNack said:Did you read the post I was responding to?
NackNack said:As I've already said, a UK PSU works fine. -