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Battery charger - 50 Hz at 60 Hz

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Red Fox

Jan 1, 1970
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Hi Experts

I have an Energizer 4-unit AA or AAA battery charger that was designed for
220-240V 50 Hz, 7 watts.

What would happen if I used it on 230V 60 Hz?

TIA

RF
 
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Charles Schuler

Jan 1, 1970
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Red Fox said:
Hi Experts

I have an Energizer 4-unit AA or AAA battery charger that was designed for
220-240V 50 Hz, 7 watts.

What would happen if I used it on 230V 60 Hz?

Should work fine.
 
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Homer J Simpson

Jan 1, 1970
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I have an Energizer 4-unit AA or AAA battery charger that was designed for
220-240V 50 Hz, 7 watts.

What would happen if I used it on 230V 60 Hz?

No problemo.
 
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Baron

Jan 1, 1970
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Red said:
Hi Experts

I have an Energizer 4-unit AA or AAA battery charger that was designed
for 220-240V 50 Hz, 7 watts.

What would happen if I used it on 230V 60 Hz?

TIA

RF

Nothing bad ! The voltages and frequencies are so close as not to make
any difference ! In any case the secondary side regulators will easily
compensate for any small differences.
 
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Michael Black

Jan 1, 1970
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Red Fox" ([email protected]) said:
Hi Experts

I have an Energizer 4-unit AA or AAA battery charger that was designed for
220-240V 50 Hz, 7 watts.

What would happen if I used it on 230V 60 Hz?
But where are you finding 230v at 60Hz?

The difference in frequency won't matter, since the charger
isn't something that makes use of the frequency and it's a small enough
shift that it isn't likely to bother operation.

But a shift in voltage would affect things, and you do need to make
sure that it's not just the frequency that is different, but that
the voltage remains the same.

If you try to run it off 120v, it likely won't work, and that's
the voltage often associated with 60Hz.

Michael
 
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Charles Schuler

Jan 1, 1970
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Michael Black said:
But where are you finding 230v at 60Hz?

The difference in frequency won't matter, since the charger
isn't something that makes use of the frequency and it's a small enough
shift that it isn't likely to bother operation.

But a shift in voltage would affect things, and you do need to make
sure that it's not just the frequency that is different, but that
the voltage remains the same.

If you try to run it off 120v, it likely won't work, and that's
the voltage often associated with 60Hz.

He clearly stated 230 volts.
 
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Homer J Simpson

Jan 1, 1970
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Michael Black said:
But where are you finding 230v at 60Hz?

He can. It will handle up to 288 VAC at 60 cycle without damaging the
transformer. Other parts may not be so lucky.
 
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Ray

Jan 1, 1970
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Every house in America has 230 volts +- . Your electric dryer and electric
range all are nominal 230 volts.
 
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Homer J Simpson

Jan 1, 1970
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Every house in America has 230 volts +- . Your electric dryer and
electric range all are nominal 230 volts.

Actually most all are 208/240. 240 is used for split 120/240 systems, and in
apartments you usually get 208/120 3 phase.
 
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Joerg Hau

Jan 1, 1970
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Hi,

I have an Energizer 4-unit AA or AAA battery charger that was designed
for 220-240V 50 Hz, 7 watts.

What would happen if I used it on 230V 60 Hz?

If this is an el-cheapo non-intelligent charger, it may happen that the
accus are only charged to about 83%.

Background: These chargers apply a given current over a fixed time
(ususally 14 h). The time is frequently determined by a counter that is
driven by the 50-Hz line signal.

Cheers + HTH,

- Joerg
 
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Red Fox

Jan 1, 1970
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Quite correct Ray.

Thank you all for the inputs.

RF
 
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