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220 vs 120 house voltage

KTW

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I've been looking at a shaver on Amazon that is advertised as being 220volt and 50HZ.
Several people are telling me it works in 120 volt 60HZ outlets in North America.
Any opinions on this?
 

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I would ask the seller.
 

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I've been looking at a shaver on Amazon that is advertised as being 220volt and 50HZ.
Several people are telling me it works in 120 volt 60HZ outlets in North America.
Any opinions on this?

Depends on what you mean by "work". Unless you have a transformer that doubles the voltage from 110 to 220, the shaver is going to operate at only one quarter power at 110 as it did at 220.

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Ok, I didn't know if it would even operate at any power.
The funny thing is, everyone seems happy with it.
It had the best reviews so that's why I was interested.
I may ask the seller for confirmation of the voltage listed for the product.
 
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