question about transformers for anyone who lives in/has ever been to Europe

[Special K]

I am going to be studying abroad this fall in London and was told not to buy transformers to use american appliances/devices in London (or anywhere else we may travel to) because most of them don't work. Is it true?

 

[olds]

Not true.
We use 110 volts, 60 hertz, they use 220 volts 50 hertz.

 

[flavio]

Get the Optimus Prime.

 

[bolido2000]

Originally posted by: flavio
Get the Optimus Prime.

I've always liked Fortress Maximus

 

[freebee]

<---transformer penis....more than meets the eye.....

 

[Phuz]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Not true.
We use 110 volts, 60 hertz, they use 220 volts 50 hertz.

Probably a sad question, and ofcourse I was already aware that we have a different electrical voltages.... but.. why?

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: bolido2000

Originally posted by: flavio
Get the Optimus Prime.

I've always liked Fortress Maximus

Oh the good ol' days... That's the transformer I'd get.

 

[Ameesh]

i like megatron but i dont like star scream

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Phuz

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Not true.
We use 110 volts, 60 hertz, they use 220 volts 50 hertz.

Probably a sad question, and ofcourse I was already aware that we have a different electrical voltages.... but.. why?

i dunno... very few things don't run on 110 and the few that don't its easy to serial some lines...

 

[Mallow]

Originally posted by: flavio
Get the Optimus Prime.

 

[Muzzan]

Originally posted by: Phuz

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Not true.
We use 110 volts, 60 hertz, they use 220 volts 50 hertz.

Probably a sad question, and ofcourse I was already aware that we have a different electrical voltages.... but.. why?

America = big, Europe = small. ? Maybe 220 volts wouldn't work so good in the US, and vice versa.

 

[NogginBoink]

For the 4 years we lived in Germany, we ran a number of appliances off transformers.

The American TV/VCR combo allowed us to watch our NTSC tapes at home, even at 50Hz.

Most transformers do, in fact, work. That is why they find a place in the market.

Whever told you this is ignorant about the subject on which he is giving advice.