Do american appliances work in australia?

Question

such as a hair straightener, blow dryer, curling iron, or even my phone charger?

Answer 1

Tell the world is dangerously wrong. Australia uses 240 Volt AC power at 50 Hz. Your phone charger might work if you have an adapter plug and it is specifically noted on the charger that it will work at 220 or 240 volts.

The other items on your list draw too much power for the kind of circuit that makes a phone charge just sip power. The only way you can use such items is to use a step-down transformer and these will probably be too heavy for you to lug about if it is big enough to run your blow drier. If you try to plug the drier, curler, straightener in directly they will burn out immediately and could blow a fuse, and the burnt out insulation could mean that you get a nasty or lethal shock. Don't try it.

Many Australian hotels and motels supply blow driers wired into bathroom walls. A few do have 110volt outlets but I have stayed in many and have only seen that twice.

Electric shavers will work if they have an adapter plug AND a 220 or 240 volt setting switch. A battery operated portable radio will work. Your cell phone may work if you get an Australian SIM card and the phone itself can handle it. Check with the place you bought the phone. You can get a pre-paid card in Australia. Some types of portable TVs may work if they can adapt to PAL-D analog signals or Australian digital signals.

The USA is one of the very few countries in the world where such a low voltage system is used.

More information here - Australian plugs and sockets are illustrated at type "I". Switches are "down" for "on".

http://www.kropla.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Type_I_.28Australian.2FNew_Zealand_.26_Chinese.2FArgentine_2.2F3-pin.29

Answer 2

American Appliances In Australia

Answer 3

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It's not worth the hassle. 110v motor driven appliances don't work well with step down converters and usually don't last as long as they normally would. Also, by the time you buy a decent step-down voltage converter and pay in AUD with the value dropping every day, the saving simply won't be worth it. It's probably not covered by warranty either. Er... wilpurina - you have those voltages around the wrong way. The USA is 110v and Australia is 220-240v

Answer 4

The USA runs on 110volts at 60hertz. Australia is on 240v at 50hz. Australian electricity will fry your equipment unless you modify the voltage.

You can buy a transformer or a converter in any reasonable electronics shop. This will drop the voltage to 110v so that your equipment will run. It will not change the frequency from 50hz to 60hz, however, so your equipment will run slower. You won't notice this on phone chargers but you will on a blow dryer.

Answer 5

when i went to australia on exchange, my host family bought me the best adapter they could find. however, you have to look at how much it can handle. my straightener wouldn't work because it couldn't handle the voltage. you'd be better off buying hair appliances as they usually require higher voltage, but your phone charger should work quite well.
the outlets ARE different.

main point: YOU NEED TO FIND AN ADAPTER.

Answer 6

Only if they are rated for 240V AC at 50 cycles, not 60 as per America

Most lap tops will work, though

Answer 7

Yes, they will work. However, they may not work as well as they would do normally.. for example, your hairdryer may not be as powerful when plugged in, in Australia, as it would be in America... thats just from my experience though.. not sure how it works!
and obviously you'll need to get an america to australia adpater to stick on the end of all the plugs before you can plug them in!

Answer 8

Hi, if they were working in America they will work here. Waltz.

Answer 9

No, actually. Totally different, will not work.

Answer 10

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