Japanese Cabs and US 120 Volts

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:02 pm

I posted this on click-stick the other day and only got one response (thanks raptor)...and just wanted post here to get a few more eyeballs...

For those that use Japanese Cabs in the US, do you plug the cab into a 120V->100V step down transformer/converter?

I just got an Astro City cab, and the stickers on the back, and on the monitor both say 100V. But the PSU inside has a sticker that reads "Input 92V-132V". So should I still be concerned with getting a stepdown transformer? Is it only some PSU's in older cabs that can't handel 120V input?

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:51 am

I have 2 astros and an impress, just plug and play baby

dboeren · Post by **dboeren** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:34 pm

I have a Taito Egret, and it works fine on US voltage. I've never heard of anyone having to use a converter on their cabinet before.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:48 pm

dboeren wrote:I have a Taito Egret, and it works fine on US voltage. I've never heard of anyone having to use a converter on their cabinet before.

I definately herd of this before on another forum (don't remember which though and can't seem to google/find it). Makes perfect sense to me though, Japan outlets are 100V, US outlets are 120V. You can't run a PSU out of spec for long before it starts having problems. So the question may be, how long before I have to replace the PSU if I continually run it at 120V?

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:39 am

Dave_K. wrote:You can't run a PSU out of spec for long before it starts having problems. So the question may be, how long before I have to replace the PSU if I continually run it at 120V?

Dave_K. wrote:But the PSU inside has a sticker that reads "Input 92V-132V".

Nothing to worry about.

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:53 am

Umm... You should always use a US/JPN voltage converter with your candy cabs. If you do a comparison on *any* candy cab, small text will be more sharp if you are using 100v instead of US 110/117v.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:41 am

I'll take my time machine back to a year ago and inform Dave K.

D · Post by D » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:52 am

GaijinPunch 1
ResOGlas 0

"small text will be more sharp if you are using 100v"
What the ..? more sharp?
Please clarify Res. The higher the voltage, the blurier the small text?
Someone should make a site like that fake-low res site.
Maybe this is the reason my Jap. Saturn doesn't switch tv's to RGB, because I am using a step down converter from 220 to 110 Volts?
Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself here.

Eps · Post by **Eps** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:10 pm

My word, and I thought getting a 120V->240V step-up converter to run the few PAL consoles I'm keeping when I move to the US was an odd conversion issue.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:21 am

Thanks for the concern ResOGlas, everything has been fine at US voltage.