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using UK hair straighteners in the USA - voltage problems
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: chlo26-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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10 May 2004 05:28 PDT
Expires: 10 May 2004 10:35 PDT Question ID: 343969 |
How do i use UK made hair straighteners (of 240V) in the USA (who use 120V)? I went to the USA last year, and although I had an adapter plug, it only fed half of the energy into the device so it didn't heat up properly. I need a device to make sure that the 120V is converted to 240V to heat the straighteners up to their full potential. My hairdryer has a switch on it to convert 240V to 120V, but i have not been able to find this feature on any hair straigteners. |
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Re: using UK hair straighteners in the USA - voltage problems
From: probonopublico-ga on 10 May 2004 06:49 PDT |
You need an adapter ... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16085&item=2242705017 But do make sure that it can handle the current required by your hair straighteners. |
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Re: using UK hair straighteners in the USA - voltage problems
From: chlo26-ga on 10 May 2004 08:21 PDT |
thanks for that, but my straighteners are 160W and it says that these adapters can only handle appliances up to 45W! are there ones available for higher wattage? |
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Re: using UK hair straighteners in the USA - voltage problems
From: probonopublico-ga on 10 May 2004 09:42 PDT |
I would have thought so but I can't find any. They're mostly 110v > 240v and with smaller wattages than you require. Sorry! |
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