National appliances in Germany
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If you want to visit Germany and you get your American appliances there are certainly a few things you should consider. Browse here at the link fuse disconnect switch to study the purpose of it.
First you need to realize that many American appliances are designed to run off of 110 volts and Most German appliances are designed to run off of 220 volts. Which means if you plug an American music, razor, computer, etc into a German outlet it will eliminate it!! The prongs are different so it's hard to create this mistake but store plugs are sold and this does happen often. Discover more about site link by browsing our provocative paper. The main reason the plugs are sold is because some American appliances are Dual-Voltage and can run off of 110 or 220.
To discover if your appliance is Dual-Voltage you must look at the power information on the appliance, often on the appliance itself or on the power field on the wire. If you still havent found the info reference your users manual. If your machine isn't dual voltage the only real option you have in order to use it in Germany is to purchase a power converter.
Power converters can be bought on the world-wide web (obviously), or select machine and hardware stores. I discovered southern states substation by searching Yahoo. If you should be somehow allowed usage of a U.S. Army base in Germany, you can buy one at the Post Exchange.
When selecting your power converter be sure that it is transforming 220 volts to 110 volts and not one other way around. Next, you need to choose the size of the power converter where you'll need for the device( s) this should be relatively self explanatory. Examine the energy output of the product and make sure it's equal to or below, below is preferred, the voltage of the converter.
Using specific clocks/alarm clocks may run slower or faster than usual even when the time is dual-voltage. The only way to prevent this is to make sure the time is of high quality and relatively new. If the time is attached to a power converter this should maybe not be an issue.
