230V 50Hz to 110V 60Hz
230V 50Hz to 110V 60Hz
(OP)
I live in South Africa where we use 230V@50Hz (yes there is electricity in Africa :)). I bought some device that has battery charger with a 110V@60Hz ac input.
1. Is there a device I could use that takes in the
230V@50Hz and converts to 110V@60Hz?
2. If not could I just get a transformer to step down the
voltage from 230V to 110V and not worry about the
frequency. In this case I would just have to charge the
battery for longer - will this work?
1. Is there a device I could use that takes in the
230V@50Hz and converts to 110V@60Hz?
2. If not could I just get a transformer to step down the
voltage from 230V to 110V and not worry about the
frequency. In this case I would just have to charge the
battery for longer - will this work?





RE: 230V 50Hz to 110V 60Hz
Some devices may use a type of switching power supply and may not work on 50 HZ. However many devices, like transformers, don't give much of a care (may effect the losses).
I really don't have much information to go on here.
RE: 230V 50Hz to 110V 60Hz
A 60hz transformer will likely overheat on 50 Hz; maybe slightly, maybe destructively.
Tell us more specifics on the charger.
RE: 230V 50Hz to 110V 60Hz
In this part of the 60 Hz world, 120V is the standard voltage. 110V, 60 Hz sounds like something out of China.
You may want to recheck the specs.
A cheap and dirty battery charger won't care much about the frequency. A battery charger with lots of bells and whistles may have issues.
With a name and model number someone here may be able to check it out.
Bill
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RE: 230V 50Hz to 110V 60Hz
I must disagree; we do not know enough to say that it won't smoke on 50 Hz.
Is this a cell phone charger, or a lift truck's? 50 ma at 3 v; or 5000 amps at 48? Is it ferroresonant, or 500 khz switcher?
RE: 230V 50Hz to 110V 60Hz
RE: 230V 50Hz to 110V 60Hz
You can use the 110V/50Hz transformer for battery charging. You required more time for battery charging. But no effect on your device.
Tushar
RE: 230V 50Hz to 110V 60Hz