Do Playstations run hot on 220v?
Do Playstations run hot on 220v?
Query for sons.
I know most (not all) tech now automatically adjusts to a couple of standard voltages, but do game consoles eg. PS4, xbox, overheat more easily in Cambodia? Both due to heat, and higher voltage?
Thanks
I know most (not all) tech now automatically adjusts to a couple of standard voltages, but do game consoles eg. PS4, xbox, overheat more easily in Cambodia? Both due to heat, and higher voltage?
Thanks
220v is used worldwide apart from maybe a few countries, like the US - 110v but it wouldn’t work here anyway and you’d need a converter.
It’s why the USA don’t use electric kettles. True story.
It’s why the USA don’t use electric kettles. True story.
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You might want to get an inline voltage regulator for sensitive electrical devices they are not the same as surge protectors, which deal with sudden voltage spikes, but keep the voltage constant and at the proper rate.
The voltage here varies I just checked mine and it is now 230v.
The voltage here varies I just checked mine and it is now 230v.
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I live in a 110v country. The consoles run hot here too. I don't know, but suspect they will run hotter with 220v. does anyone know if this is true?
About voltage regulators:
a) how much was the regulator you pictured? Easily found and purchased in Cambodia?
b) how necessary are they? Many years ago I recall having a big, wheeled, heavy regulator, perhaps 50kg. The power for the whole building, perhaps 8 rooms and 6 computers, (no aircons) went through it. One day I decided to remove it from the loop. Nothing bad happened. I'm not saying you are wrong, indeed with very sensitive equipment I believe you are completely correct, I'm just not sure the average desktop computer, or game console is that sensitive. (That said, if cheap ones are both cheap and good, I'll buy a couple anyway.
Can anyone advise?
About voltage regulators:
a) how much was the regulator you pictured? Easily found and purchased in Cambodia?
b) how necessary are they? Many years ago I recall having a big, wheeled, heavy regulator, perhaps 50kg. The power for the whole building, perhaps 8 rooms and 6 computers, (no aircons) went through it. One day I decided to remove it from the loop. Nothing bad happened. I'm not saying you are wrong, indeed with very sensitive equipment I believe you are completely correct, I'm just not sure the average desktop computer, or game console is that sensitive. (That said, if cheap ones are both cheap and good, I'll buy a couple anyway.
Can anyone advise?
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My kid has a PS4 slim that he's used for years here with no overheating issues. Recently someone gave him an original PS4 but when he connects the 2 machines with a LAN the original one overheats after 5-10 minutes. I'm not sure whether to get a cooling pad for it, it's been cleaned out so that's not the problem.
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I doubt it's the voltage. The devices take either the 110V or 220V and then step it down into whatever DC power it actually runs on which all happens in the power brick.
Our original PS4 runs hot. It improved a lot after a clean but still occassionally does it. (Fyi, we dont a/c the living room.) It's in a narrow shelf which I'm sure doesn't help airflow and simply pointing a fan at it stops the over heating.
Our original PS4 runs hot. It improved a lot after a clean but still occassionally does it. (Fyi, we dont a/c the living room.) It's in a narrow shelf which I'm sure doesn't help airflow and simply pointing a fan at it stops the over heating.
Never been to the USA & had to Google this to make sure you weren't pulling my leg.
Duly filed under "WTAF".
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
I thought he was joking too.
How do Chinese tourists boil their knickers in hotel rooms then? Also a true story.
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To raise the temperature of one litre of water from 15°C to boiling at 100°C requires a little bit over 355 kilojoules of energy. An “average” kettle in the UK runs at about 2800 W and in the US at about 1500 W; if we assume that both kettles are 100% efficient† than a UK kettle supplying 2800 joules per second will take 127 seconds to boil and a US kettle supplying 1500 J/s will take 237 seconds, more than a minute and a half longer.
That’s interesting but I’m pretty confident you can’t actually purchase a kettle in the USA. .50 cal rifle yes. Kettle no. Dangerous.dv8inpp wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:21 amTo raise the temperature of one litre of water from 15°C to boiling at 100°C requires a little bit over 355 kilojoules of energy. An “average” kettle in the UK runs at about 2800 W and in the US at about 1500 W; if we assume that both kettles are 100% efficient† than a UK kettle supplying 2800 joules per second will take 127 seconds to boil and a US kettle supplying 1500 J/s will take 237 seconds, more than a minute and a half longer.
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Electrifying stuff, so the reason an electric kettle takes longer to boil in the US is because of the lower voltage used there.dv8inpp wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:21 amTo raise the temperature of one litre of water from 15°C to boiling at 100°C requires a little bit over 355 kilojoules of energy. An “average” kettle in the UK runs at about 2800 W and in the US at about 1500 W; if we assume that both kettles are 100% efficient† than a UK kettle supplying 2800 joules per second will take 127 seconds to boil and a US kettle supplying 1500 J/s will take 237 seconds, more than a minute and a half longer.
The reason they're not sold/common is not safety, it's the aforementioned long time to boil water. May as well stick something on a hob (or buy a coffee maker).
I wondered why when in LA I asked for a cup of tea it took ages and it came it was actually coffee.
Makes sense. I feel so foolish.
Makes sense. I feel so foolish.
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