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The CV power supply pinout voltages, amperages and current type (AC/DC) are exactly the same for both the US and UK power supplies (see picture). The ONLY difference is on the voltage input to the power supply "brick" - 240V for UK and 110V for US/Canada. So, yes you can use your UK power supply with a US CV - just honour the input voltage.

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The CV power supply pinout voltages, amperages and current type (AC/DC) are exactly the same for both the US and UK power supplies (see picture). The ONLY difference is on the voltage input to the power supply "brick" - 240V for UK and 110V for US/Canada. So, yes you can use your UK power supply with a US CV - just honour the input voltage.

 

That's good news. When you say "honour the input voltage", what does that involve precisely? Yes, that sounds dumb, but I don't get that part :)

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The CV power supply pinout voltages, amperages and current type (AC/DC) are exactly the same for both the US and UK power supplies (see picture). The ONLY difference is on the voltage input to the power supply "brick" - 240V for UK and 110V for US/Canada. So, yes you can use your UK power supply with a US CV - just honour the input voltage.

 

That's good news. When you say "honour the input voltage", what does that involve precisely? Yes, that sounds dumb, but I don't get that part :)

He means if you use a UK power supply the input voltage is 220V you dont need an adaptor to step it down.

I own a multitude of European consoles. I have a step up transformer with the "normal" 110V input but it puts out 220V for my "foreign" consoles. Also bought a PAL TV to use them on. One thing I do need now is a power bar with the various plug types on it. I bought one from Hong Kong for REAL cheap but I got what I paid for and I am afraid of starting a fire by plugging it in.... :ponder:

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He means if you use a UK power supply the input voltage is 220V you dont need an adaptor to step it down.

I own a multitude of European consoles. I have a step up transformer with the "normal" 110V input but it puts out 220V for my "foreign" consoles. Also bought a PAL TV to use them on. One thing I do need now is a power bar with the various plug types on it. I bought one from Hong Kong for REAL cheap but I got what I paid for and I am afraid of starting a fire by plugging it in.... :ponder:

 

That's still not totally clear to me. Yes, you say "you dont need an adaptor to step it down", but then you go on to say you use a step up transformer on your own consoles. Do you only need one to step UP, but not DOWN?

 

BTW, the reason I'm being so pedantic is of course because one wrong move with my coleco power supply, and... DEAD!

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If the power supply says input 220V, then input 220V. If the power supply says input 110V, then input 110V. When coleconut uses a 220V supply in North America, which supplies 110V, then he needs to step up the voltage to 220V.

 

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He means if you use a UK power supply the input voltage is 220V you dont need an adaptor to step it down.

I own a multitude of European consoles. I have a step up transformer with the "normal" 110V input but it puts out 220V for my "foreign" consoles. Also bought a PAL TV to use them on. One thing I do need now is a power bar with the various plug types on it. I bought one from Hong Kong for REAL cheap but I got what I paid for and I am afraid of starting a fire by plugging it in.... :ponder:

 

That's still not totally clear to me. Yes, you say "you dont need an adaptor to step it down", but then you go on to say you use a step up transformer on your own consoles. Do you only need one to step UP, but not DOWN?

 

BTW, the reason I'm being so pedantic is of course because one wrong move with my coleco power supply, and... DEAD!

 

Oh gosh I am sorry it wasnt clear. I should have left out all that crap about what I do accross the Atlantic.

Your question was whether or not you could use a UK power supply on your American Colecovision. Short answer was yes.

 

So how were you able to use the American power supply in the first place? Since it was made for N. America it required 110V input. So I am assuming you had some device in between to convert the voltage, yes? So you had to "honour the input voltage" of 110V didnt you?

Well now you no longer need to use that converter with your UK power supply. It expects a 220V (240V?) input and will get it from the wall plug, no voltage converter required.

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