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220 Volt Roomba Battery Charger??
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: littledj-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
14 Feb 2005 05:24 PST
Expires: 16 Mar 2005 05:24 PST Question ID: 474254 |
I just purchased a Roomba Discovery SE robotic floor vacuum from the states... However i live in Germany. The problem is that the wall charger unit is rated at 120V/60Hz and German Power outlets are 220V/50Hz. I could use a Power transformer, but mine draws 300 Watts (most of that power is just wasted because the charger doesn't need that much). I would like to know if there is a battery charger i can purchase that is dual voltage (110/220V 50/60Hz) or if not then is there a 220V version? |
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Re: 220 Volt Roomba Battery Charger??
From: anotherbrian-ga on 14 Feb 2005 05:57 PST |
Your transformer is probably rated at 300 wats. That means that you can draw up 300 watts through it. If you hook up the Roomba charger to the transformer it will only draw slightly more current that the charger its' self. Slightly more because transformers are about 98% efficient. |
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Re: 220 Volt Roomba Battery Charger??
From: guzzi-ga on 14 Feb 2005 17:54 PST |
Just to ?second source? anotherbrian info for your peace of mind. It will be just fine. But to expand slightly, a transformer is not like a light bulb or a heater, where the wattage is a rating of how much power they will consume and radiate. If there is no load on a transformer it will draw very little power -- only a few watts maximum. When it is loaded it acts as an efficient ?conduit? for the power and doesn?t itself use power or heat up -- apart from slight efficiency loss. Best |
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Re: 220 Volt Roomba Battery Charger??
From: oleole-ga on 06 Mar 2005 23:59 PST |
I also recently bought a Roomba 120V in the States with a cheap transformator (120-220V) so it could be used in Europe. In principle this should work without problems if the Roomba fast charger was a "normal power converter" from 120-22W. However I doubt this, and I in my case the fast charger also ceased to work after a short while. So you might experience the same problem. However, you also might be lucky it just works. I am now trying to find somewhere in Europe where I can buy an European fast charger. Any suggestions. Ole |
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