What sort of power connectors do you have in the states? - GoFuckYourself.com

diggy · 02-14-2003, 05:07 AM

I wanna get one of those dell LCD screens, but they don't have them over here in Australia.

I'm worried it won't work over here as we run on 240v and you guys run on 110...

Can anyone tell me what sort of connectors you have over there and/or what I could do to make it over here?

Cheers

http://www.yung-li.com.tw/EN/Product...ector_view.htm

There's a reference list, we use the 3rd one down here in Aus.

lEricPl · 02-14-2003, 05:08 AM

Don't you guys have converters?

You must. This is a joke.

gothweb · 02-14-2003, 06:07 AM

Many LCD screens run off of power supplied by the computer, don't they? Mine does.

Rex · 02-14-2003, 06:08 AM

Mine plugs into the wall.

diggy · 02-14-2003, 06:11 AM

Anyone with the 2000FP know?

gothweb · 02-14-2003, 07:03 AM

If it is plugging into a wall, a US outlet is ~120V, two flat prongs (parallel), sometimes with a third, round prong.

diggy · 02-14-2003, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by gothweb
If it is plugging into a wall, a US outlet is ~120V, two flat prongs (parallel), sometimes with a third, round prong.

Thanks alot Ian, the exact info I was after

gothweb · 02-14-2003, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by diggy

Thanks alot Ian, the exact info I was after

Glad I can help. You will probably need an adaptor that handles voltage/amps/etc., not just a plug adaptor. Computers have fancy power supplied, but an LCD monitor might just blow to smithereens. ;)

railz · 02-14-2003, 11:10 AM

IIRC USA power is also at 60hz compared to the UK/Oz's 50hz, so you'll need a step-down transformer as well so you don't fry anything.

Try one of these (or something simillar. I used a something almost identical to run US import consoles back in the 90s)

http://www.videkonline.co.uk/SubSect...?sectionID=107

directfiesta · 02-14-2003, 11:25 AM

Mine uses a buttplug

02-14-2003, 05:07 AM	#1
diggy Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 684	What sort of power connectors do you have in the states? I wanna get one of those dell LCD screens, but they don't have them over here in Australia. I'm worried it won't work over here as we run on 240v and you guys run on 110... Can anyone tell me what sort of connectors you have over there and/or what I could do to make it over here? Cheers http://www.yung-li.com.tw/EN/Product...ector_view.htm There's a reference list, we use the 3rd one down here in Aus.

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railz Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2,531	IIRC USA power is also at 60hz compared to the UK/Oz's 50hz, so you'll need a step-down transformer as well so you don't fry anything. Try one of these (or something simillar. I used a something almost identical to run US import consoles back in the 90s) http://www.videkonline.co.uk/SubSect...?sectionID=107 __________________ This Space for Rent

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