110v and 220v
I am trying to make my FW able to be used with both 110V for here in the states and have a transfer switch for running of 220V in Australia via a step down transformer? Is this possible or not? Frank...
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I am not sure what particular utility a transfer switch would have here. I would suggest getting a sufficiently sized transformer (typically they are autotransformers in this case, so the input and output are not isolated) and plugging in through that.
60 Hz microwaves tend not to do so well on 50 Hz power, so avoiding microwaving would be a good idea. If you have a feroresonant converter, that definitely won't work properly; the output voltage is quite dependant on the line frequency (but relatively unaffected by line voltage fluctuations).
On the whole, I'm not sure this is the most practical project, but perhaps someone thinking of taking their 5th wheel from America to Australia and back isn't too worried about what is most practical.
60 Hz microwaves tend not to do so well on 50 Hz power, so avoiding microwaving would be a good idea. If you have a feroresonant converter, that definitely won't work properly; the output voltage is quite dependant on the line frequency (but relatively unaffected by line voltage fluctuations).
On the whole, I'm not sure this is the most practical project, but perhaps someone thinking of taking their 5th wheel from America to Australia and back isn't too worried about what is most practical.
