Voltage Converter Wattage issue.

[Swan]

Hi,

I brought a Nintendo GameCube from USA to India.
Unlike USA, here in India we have 240V. So, I checked the Input
specification of the Nintendo adaper(120v 48W 60Hz). So, I bought a
Voltage Converter with output specifications (110/120v 50W ~50/60Hz)

After I used the Gamecube for an hour or so, it stopped working. I
checked the converter, it was smelling as if it was burnt.

I replaced the converter with another one with exact same
specifications. And connected the Gamecube. This time the light on the
Gamecube lit for 1 sec and went dead. This happened few times. So, I
gave up.

But, later just for fun sake I used another Voltage Converter
(110/120v 20W ~50/60Hz) that I had handy. And it worked. I used the
system for few minutes before I stopped it.

Can you foresee any issue, if I use this converter (20W) to run
Gamecube that requires 48W?


Thanks!

 

[John Fields]

Hi,

I brought a Nintendo GameCube from USA to India.
Unlike USA, here in India we have 240V. So, I checked the Input
specification of the Nintendo adaper(120v 48W 60Hz). So, I bought a
Voltage Converter with output specifications (110/120v 50W ~50/60Hz)

After I used the Gamecube for an hour or so, it stopped working. I
checked the converter, it was smelling as if it was burnt.

I replaced the converter with another one with exact same
specifications. And connected the Gamecube. This time the light on the
Gamecube lit for 1 sec and went dead. This happened few times. So, I
gave up.

But, later just for fun sake I used another Voltage Converter
(110/120v 20W ~50/60Hz) that I had handy. And it worked. I used the
system for few minutes before I stopped it.

Can you foresee any issue, if I use this converter (20W) to run
Gamecube that requires 48W?

---
Yes, it will eventually overheat and die.

What you need is a good quality properly rated transformer to step
down your 240V mains to 120V for the Nintendo adapter's input.

The spec's for the converters you bought would seem to be adequate,
but with your having problems with both of them I suspect the
labeling is inaccurate.

Not knowing the power factor of the Nintendo adapter, I can't give
you a really accurate suggestion, but if I had to guess I'd suppose
that a decent transformer capable of supplying 60VA or so would
solve your problem. maybe even a _good_ transformer capable of
supplying 50VA.

 

[Eeyore]

But, later just for fun sake I used another Voltage Converter
(110/120v 20W ~50/60Hz) that I had handy. And it worked. I used the
system for few minutes before I stopped it.

Can you foresee any issue, if I use this converter (20W) to run
Gamecube that requires 48W?

Yes. It too will burn up.

You need a *transformer* based device to step down the voltage.

Graham

 

[neon]

your problem is to asume that tranformers give you a ratio of 2:1 or 240:120 v now you got the voltage what about power? hummmm a transformer at full load can only be 80% efficient at best so now do your math.

 

[[email protected]]

hey guys i have a LCD TV brought from the USA and i wish to use it in
India and need a voltage converter the TV wattage is 170W can you
please help me in selecting the right converter.

Thanks
Akshil

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

hey guys i have a LCD TV brought from the USA and i wish to use it in
India and need a voltage converter the TV wattage is 170W can you
please help me in selecting the right converter.

Thanks
Akshil

Isn't India PAL? Aside from adapting the power (you can buy a
transformer locally, probably for not much money).. I don't think you
can use the TV to recieve regular TV in India if the set was made for
the US/Canada domestic market. Maybe satellite broadcasts, with a
foreign set-top box (hmmm you can't really put those boxes on top of
modern TVs but the name persists).

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[PeterD]

hey guys i have a LCD TV brought from the USA and i wish to use it in
India and need a voltage converter the TV wattage is 170W can you
please help me in selecting the right converter.

Thanks
Akshil

Since you have an NTSC TV in a PAL country no converter is necessary
or desirable.

 

[Peter Bennett]

Since you have an NTSC TV in a PAL country no converter is necessary
or desirable.

Perhaps you mean that a converter is not useful, as the TV won't work
with the available TV signals anyway.


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