accola
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Post by accola on Apr 14, 2021 18:59:20 GMT
Hi all, I have a Japanese Saturn arriving shortly. Happy to be part of the club! Can you tell me, Is this (link below) the correct transformer I will need to run the Japanese Saturn in the UK, without frying it! Or if you know of a better one, please point me in the right direction. Thanks for any info. airlinktransformers.com/product/use-japanese-appliances-in-the-uk-uk-ja0050 |
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Post by davyk on Apr 14, 2021 21:01:00 GMT
Looks OK to me.
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Post by accola on Apr 15, 2021 11:25:42 GMT
This turns out to be £50 with vat and postage.... Any cheaper variants? I’m not finding any  I’d rather spend my money on Saturn games... |
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Post by davyk on Apr 15, 2021 11:39:17 GMT
I bought mine from a local electronics shop (Maplins). Depends where you live. They are a pretty standard item. Search for a step down transformer on Amazon if you don't have a local shop. It doesn't have to be specifically for a console - it isn't a specialty item.
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Post by accola on Apr 15, 2021 11:42:42 GMT
On Amazon all Ive found is USA versions.
I will try Maplin website.
Thanks for input
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Post by bring on Apr 15, 2021 13:36:07 GMT
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Post by davyk on Apr 15, 2021 14:53:50 GMT
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Post by davyk on Apr 15, 2021 15:00:21 GMT
Pictures of mine. I've using this for years with my grey and white Saturns. That 80W rating is probably more than the Saturn needs - a lower number for that like 20W would be OK.  Connector looks like this  |
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Post by zyrobs on Apr 15, 2021 18:41:00 GMT
I'm using a 40W converter and it works fine on my Saturns and Megadrives. I wouldn't risk a 20W though, the console says it uses 12-15W and if that's an average value, a 20W may be a tad on the low side (and there are some models which say 22W).
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Post by davyk on Apr 15, 2021 21:00:27 GMT
Ah - fair enough. I saw the 15W rating on the console and thought 20 would be enough. I'd take your advice over mine any day of the week!!!  |
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Post by accola on Apr 16, 2021 17:14:36 GMT
Thanks everyone!
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Post by ubz on Sept 30, 2021 22:40:21 GMT
Sorry to necrobump, although perhaps that is in fashion for a retro-games forum.
Accola, what did you buy in the end and how did it go? I am like you in finding a cheap JP-UK step down that has less than 10% 1 star reviews and is 100V 60HZ is surprisingly difficult and I am a complete newbie on the margin of error for these things. The airlink JA-0050 seems to no longer be available unfortunately and the next one, the JA-0100 is double the price.
Uh, so what IS the margin of error for these things? Is 60HZ-50HZ difference an issue? How about a converter which has a minimum 110V or even 120V. I have a low budget at the moment so am really nervous about shorting my console or starting a fire.
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Post by zyrobs on Oct 1, 2021 6:34:43 GMT
A 110V converter is fine, you don't need specifically a 100V or 120V one. Saturn PSUs are designed to handle way more AC voltage drift than that.
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Post by davyk on Oct 1, 2021 10:11:05 GMT
Yeah - a voltage range is typical.
My Asteroids Deluxe cabinet has a multi-region transformer inside it (fitted originally by Atari - the people I bought it off refurbed it with a new "big blue" capacitor etc.) It has different plugs for different countries. There is a 200-240v and another plug for 220-260v.Mine is on the 200-240v which is appropriate for the UK.
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Post by rsonic on Oct 17, 2022 12:44:22 GMT
Hello I'll use this old topic since I have the same questions. I need a step down for a grey japanese Saturn (launch model,the one with 4 LED, don't know if it has a different PSU from later gray models) I found whis converter at around 20 Euro, but it says input 230v (I live in Europe and we have 220v in house) 50Hz output 110v. 100W (I think it's more than enough for Saturn that needs 15W).  Is it good with 110v? On Sega Saturn JP manual, it says that the console work at 100v with a tolerance of 10%, so with 110v I'll be already near the limit of tolerance? I don't want to burn anything ^^ |
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