Powercord

[imported_ultimus]

Does power cord has any voltage?

 

[Matthias99]

Guh?

Does not compute. Please ask a question that makes sense (or at least has subject/verb agreement).

 

[zodder]

lol

 

[phisrow]

I presume we are being asked if power cords are voltage specific e.g. will a 110/120 cord work in a 220/240 country or visa versa. So far as I know any IEC type cable sold ought to handle anything that comes out of an ordinary wall socket anywhere in the world without much trouble. You might want to check the wire gauge before running 15 amps through that cord that came with your 15 inch LCD; but any residential/light commercial voltage should be fine. (serious industrial 3 phase and similar may or may not be; but that won't fit anyway)

 

[SaturnX]

Well I'm taking a stab at this... no the powercord itself does not contain any voltage, unless of course it is plugged into a wall on one end and powersupply on the other, then you'll have a voltage of 110V / 220V depending where you are in the world.

By itself, it's got nothing...

I have no idea what I'm even answering anymore.

--Mark

 

[imported_ultimus]

yep. phlsrow is correct. for guys that still in vague, i rewrite my question. sorry is it matter if powercord that i buy from 110v country(US), use with 220v power supply? will it burn my cord?

phlsrow. what do you mean by "check the wire gauge"? there's a powercord that says 18 AWG, and what's that mean?

 

[imported_ultimus]

bump! sorry. i really want to know the answer.

 

[thorin]

Geez talk about impatient.

18 AWG = 18 American Wire Guage

My answer would be. Is it the cord that came with the system/case/power supply? Does the powersupply have a 115v/220v switch on it? If both answers are yes then you can use it for both voltages. (Just don't forget to flick the voltage selector switch on the PSU to the correct value before plugging it in and turning on or you'll toast your PSU and perhaps worse).

Thorin

 

[imported_ultimus]

both answers are no.

 

[phisrow]

In general you will be absolutely fine. If you are worried, use the cable first on an exposed, nonflammable surface. Plug the device in and watch the cable carefully. If you can see it smoking or feel it heating up(even a little bit) you have a problem. Otherwise it is just fine to use. I've handled kilograms of random IEC cables over the years and never once run into one that works only in 110/120 volt countries. Still, I wouldn't run a cable I wasn't sure about under my favourite rug and/or house supply of gasoline soaked rags before testing it(especially when the test takes 2 seconds and a new IEC cable is maybe 3 dollars anyway).
About wire gauge. "Gauge" is just the term for the thickness of a wire. All else being equal, thicker cables can carry more current.