The Coffee Maker was bought in the USA but I live in the UK. I am plugging it into the mains via a step down adaptor and the power gets into the coffee maker and the clock timer works but when it comes to the making of the coffee the Kitchen Aid machine resets itself and won't actually heat up and the motor won't work. Does anyone have anu ideas on what is happening and anything i could do to make it work? Many thanks
euan
2007-03-30 23:39:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Our electricity is set up for 60 Hz and you are set up for 50 Hz your system wont make enough power for the maker. There might be some kind of an adapter. That unit is set up for 110 volts ac. Usually about 6 amps. My maker is 7.5 amps. A 10 amp step down transformer should work.
2007-03-30 23:51:51 · answer #1 · answered by Robert S 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The voltage is the primary problem. UK is 240v AC.What is the specification of the appliance. It should be on the rating plate or in the booklet that came with it. The step down adaptor you say you use changes from 240v to what.Some parts of the USA only use 110v while others are higher.Also does the adaptor alter the AC to DC, which would explain why the motor does not work.Either you need the correct transformer step down unit or scrap the coffee maker and buy one suitable for the UK mains.There are lots of different models at many prices. It will possibly be cheaper to by a new one than to buy a voltage converter unit.
2007-03-30 23:53:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You need to find out what the rating in Amps of the adaptor is.
It should be written on it somewhere along with the voltage details etc.
When you know what amps it will supply then you need to know how many your coffee maker takes. That information too will be written somewhere clearly on it.
It has to be said that something like a coffee maker will take a lot of current once the element starts to heat up.
This explains why the controls work but when the element switches on there is too much current demand for your adapter.
Physically it would need to be quite big...much bigger than say a typical phone charger. more the size at least of an orange juice carton I would guess.
If its not that big then I would be pretty sure that that is the problem.
Check the Amps.
Good luck
2007-03-30 23:55:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't state models or wattages of anything!! But I expect the 'step down adaptor' that you have will be of too low a wattage to cope with the coffee maker. I would expect the loading to be at least 1.5 kw, so you will need a transformer of at least that. (1500kva) The frequency will be wrong as well so the timer will not keep the correct time as it will synchronise with 50 instead of 60Hz. Sell it to a US buyer and buy a European model.
2007-03-31 01:34:56 · answer #4 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
wrong voltage.
you need a transformer
2007-04-02 22:00:07 · answer #5 · answered by Drunvalo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋