Giles N Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Anyone who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 As I live in Europe the voltage-output is 220/240v. For Am. consoles and CRT TV I use a transformer downscaling to 110v. I bought a japanese Famicom (NES), and it says 100v on the power-unit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonGrafx-16 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 (edited) Do not use a US NES power supply with the Famicom it will blow it. The Famicom uses DC while the NES is AC. just use a good 9V DC center negative power supply using your region's mains voltage or a 110V with the same specs with the step down converter. Edited August 22, 2019 by DragonGrafx-16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 19 hours ago, DragonGrafx-16 said: Do not use a US NES power supply with the Famicom it will blow it. The Famicom uses DC while the NES is AC. just use a good 9V DC center negative power supply using your region's mains voltage or a 110V with the same specs with the step down converter. A powersupply was included. The electricity where I live in Europe is 220/240V out of the socket. I use a converter made to enable use of American electrical equipment. Can I plug a J.Famicom-power-cable into this, or do I need something more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 The J.Famicom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 One side of the power-cable head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Cade Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 (edited) It may work, but you shouldn't. The transformer may be running at 10-20% over the voltage it was designed for, and consequently will output that much more power over 10v. Best case, it gets a little warmer and nothing bad happens. Worst case, it fries it- maybe not immediately but later. As mentioned, it's best to get a 10v (9v probably is fine) center negative AC adapter made for your country and use that. Edited August 22, 2019 by R.Cade 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 The plugs of the Famicom-power-cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 220/240V -110V converter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 4 minutes ago, R.Cade said: It may work, but you shouldn't. The transformer may be running at 10-20% over the voltage it was designed for, and consequently will output that much more power over 10v. Best case, it gets a little warmer and nothing bad happens. Worst case, it fries it- maybe not immediately but later. As mentioned, it's best to get a 10v (9v probably is fine) center negative AC adapter made for your country and use that. Ok, thanks, I’ll try find that. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonGrafx-16 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 I didn't realize the Famicom adapter was rated as 10V output. NES and the Famiclone console I have is 9V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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