I got a Hello Kitty toaster for Christmas! But with a normal adaptor plug, there is simply too much power since it is an USA import (as in it burnt my toast in 3 second and was glowing like molten..) Does anyone know of any product I can use along with or instead of the adaptor plug which will reduce the amount of power going in as to not damage the toaster?
I need my Hello Kitty toast!
Thanks
2006-12-26 01:47:28 · 9 answers · asked by Cherrypink 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
you need a voltage converter, UK is 230 V and US ia 110 V thus you need to one have an adapter for the plu as you know and then find a converter. You should be able to find a converter at a hardware store. Or look on line under voltage converter uk to us.
2006-12-26 01:50:09 · answer #1 · answered by Guillermo R 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a very important safety statement.
USING JUST AN ADAPTOR WILL NOT DO!
We have 230v over here, in the States they have 115v., twice the voltage, which will then dissipate 4 times the power. The toaster will blow up and hurt somebody.
You need a transformer, this drops the voltage down to 115v from 230v. Better still, buy and use a toaster designed for 230v.
2006-12-26 01:59:55 · answer #2 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like the USSR (now just Russia) and China, the USA is a continental mega-state. These countries tend, because they have diversity and conflict within their own borders, to be introverted and isolationist. Americans give the impression of not truly believing in foreigners. This was reinforced by the 19thC pattern of expansion within N. America; there was a strong and developing market there which encouraged American industries to concentrate on internal sales and largely ignore the needs of the rest of the world. The same is true of American politics. For many years (though less so recently) the important issues were exclusively internal, and this has shaped the American character. You have only to read the blinkered questions and answers on this site to get the feel of it - a provincial, narrow-minded concentration on what goes on at home. The UK (though not notably more virtuous) is outward looking and internationally-minded, despite recent attempts to lock us into a large continental bloc. This is because, as a tiny country, we have always had to interact with foreigners and take them seriously, whether trading or fighting with them. We also had an empire, which reinforced this trend. Another compelling reason for us to take people of the outside world seriously on their own terms was commercial. They were our customers. Unlike the USA we had a small internal market, easily saturated, and so had to export to survive. The customer is king: when you are trying to sell something, you certainly study, very carefully, the buyer's character and preferences. If we mean by 'culture' something narrower - the culture of music, books and art - then there will be less difference. The USA inherited (and has subsequently contributed to) the culture of all the peoples who make up the nation, and this is largely international. Mozart is Mozart, Bernstein is Bernstein whether played by Japanese, Americans or Eskimos.
2016-05-23 07:42:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If memory serves the USA runs on 110 volts where as we run on 240v, some electrical equipment has a switch to change between the two supplies, have a look at the toaster or instruction book, but if not I think you will need a step down transformer to stop you frying the toaster, ask you local electrical supply shop.
2006-12-26 01:55:11 · answer #4 · answered by ♣ My Brainhurts ♣ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a power adaptor, a step down from 240V to 110V, you also need to check your toaster how much W consumes, an adaptor that is under the W required will burn too.
2006-12-26 02:10:43 · answer #5 · answered by oanabb 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can buy a transformer at many motor factors or iron mongers. Don't use those cheap travel convertors, they'll burn it out in fairly short order. You'll need at least a 1000 watt model but a 1,500 watt model would be best.
If you live near East Anglia, there are a couple of resale shops near the Yank airbases at Mildenhall and Lakenheath that have them on the cheap -- probably around 20 quid or so.
2006-12-26 01:57:00 · answer #6 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great dane should stick to questions that do not involve more than 2 brain cells to get an answer she is a danger to mankind lol
2006-12-26 03:36:56 · answer #7 · answered by Terence K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A converter will work. On some US products there is a screw you can turn to shift voltage, as well, but it would be marked with the voltage choices.
2006-12-26 03:53:06 · answer #8 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just get a simple adaptor like the one you use for travelling. I have one for my hair dryer and it works fine!
2006-12-26 01:49:54 · answer #9 · answered by Great Dane 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋