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What do I do with all my electronics that are rated for 120 now that I'm here. Anyone know of a US base that will buy American voltage electronic goods in the UK?
K
Kathy,
A very warm welcome to Beoworld.
A lot of US 110 volt products can be used in the UK provided you use a step down transformer.
Have a look HERE for an example.
What US electronic products do you have ?
Regards Keith....
Wow that was quick!
I have a set of Samsung TV's 42" HD less than a year old.
My husbands xbox and wii new.
Dyson vacuum cleaner new
All the lamps.
coffee maker (gevalier)
Roomba
Everything that doesnt use much power we just bought a power down box from Maplins. The tv's and vacuum do consume a lot of power for that to be something we could do long term.
Thx Keith!
Hi Kathy, and welcome to BeoWorld and the UK! Thanks too, for joining as a Gold member and supporting the site.I think a lot depends on what equipment you have. Some older B&O items have a switch on the back to change the voltage. Depending on the wattage of the item, a simple converter can be obtained easily from Maplins or places like this. Let us know which items you have, and if I can't help, some of our Wise Old Sages surely will.Andy T.
Poor me, never win owt!
Good heavens! Aren't I quick?
LOL. You are. Final Question. Our AV9000. Best television we ever bought. Any chance they will bring back the actual metal curtains? Retro is so in right now...
Unlikely as they gave problems and some even corroded! I do like the AV9000, I have one myself, but it is really an MX6000 with a mono speaker!
Hello Kathy !
And welcome to Beoworld
when your Black Label begin to taste like juice just take shot or two of Absinthe and after that quench with some vodka, if you still feel juice like take beer with grappa !
Kathy: Anyone know of a US base that will buy American voltage electronic goods in the UK?
USAF in UK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:USAF_Bases_in_the_UK
I would have thought that they would be on 240V though.
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. George Best
Not so sure... there's at least one USAF base in the UK that's on 110v. Brought all their electrical infrastructure over from the US.
Come to that, the same was true of the lighting transformers in UK Apple Stores. Crazy Americans! ;-)