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    I need technical help. I bought a Russian electric spinning wheel. Complete with a Russian plug (for 220v).

    I think I can buy a cinvert to step up our 120 voltage to 220v and the machin will run. James spliced in an American electric plug and the machin doesn’t work. I think it’s voltage. Help me, help me, help me.......  will I be able to get it running?

    +3  Views: 658 Answers: 2 Posted: 5 years ago
    west-bus

    If a 220V device/appliance plugs into 120V then it will only draw in 1/4th of the power required and generally, it won't work well, if at all.
    Tip, you may consider changing your Butler, for one with some experience in electronics.
    ROMOS

    Yep, about the butler bit.

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    Here you are stuck with an (expensive) spinning wheel that's no longer working and you won't receive a refund due to altering the machine.  


    The simplest solution would have been to buy a voltage converter/travel adapter.


    The price ranges from cheap ( like the one purchased for my computer)to fairly expensive.


    The best thing about an adapter is that it actually works!

    ROMOS

    Yep, adapters work by lowering or rising the voltage, splicing on a different plug is a dumb idea, could have also ruined the appliance.

    I'm so sad for you! You could have bought a converter from Amazon for about $15. I'm so sad for you. You still have James skulking around being a know-it-all.

    jhharlan

    Oh, yeah. He’s got a new answer for sticking around. He did have a great camp complete with shower, DVD player, one cot tent, and news radio. He got ripped off. Took everything. Even his water bottles. Trashed what couldn’t be taken...
    Bob/PKB

    Maybe it is time to consider getting off the streets/campsites, stop mooching off you and David (which includes bullying), and get serious about making a "legitimate" home for himself.
    Unfortunately, we DO reap what we sow, and I have a hunch James brought that on himself.
    jhharlan

    Oh, I agree but to be fair, he has good points as well. He’s the absolute hardest working man I have EVER known. I couldn’t do a quarter of what he does and he CAN be a comfort. He helps when I drop David.
    Bob/PKB

    I'm so sad for you.
    (said with all sincerity in friendship once shared)
    jhharlan

    I never gave it up. My only sin to date is disliking trump.....


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