MTM Special Ops

AndyC555

Hello,

I purchased a Thunder Hawk from MTM Special Ops watches a few years ago while living in the States. Those of you familiar with them will know the watch is charged electromagnetically on a "charging station/dock". I came back to Europe and with the voltage difference, once I plugged in the charging station it broke. Hence watch not been worn in 3 years.

I have contacted MTM in the UK and in the USA and have gotten no reply.

So does anybody here know if I can buy a new charging station for 220 Volts?

thanks.

Bruthal

If your able to get the US version of the charger again, you can then get a small 230 to 110v adaptor/transformer to use it here.

Other type induction chargers for other watches may work, or possibly even from other items such as tooth brush induction chargers. They work on exactly the same principle, but the watch one would be designed to have the watch induction coil close to the charger one of the charger that came with it.

Zagato

Thread here may be of interest??

AndyC555

Thanks lads for the replies.

So I need this?
http://www.dakotawatch.com/index.php/req-charging-stand.html

Can anybody point me in the direction of a step down transformer 220V to 110V

Much appreciated. Really want to get this watch moving again ;-)

Bruthal

AndyC555 wrote: »

Thanks lads for the replies.

So I need this?
http://www.dakotawatch.com/index.php/req-charging-stand.html

Can anybody point me in the direction of a step down transformer 220V to 110V

Much appreciated. Really want to get this watch moving again ;-)

It depends on the power supply to the charging stand. What was your one like. power chord straight into the charger? Or a wall adaptor?

AndyC555

It has a 2 pin american wall plug then cable running to charging stand with a small round connecter that plugs into the watches charging stand.

Bruthal

AndyC555 wrote: »

It has a 2 pin american wall plug then cable running to charging stand with a small round connecter that plugs into the watches charging stand.

Check the specs of the charging stand that the mains cable goes into. It is probably just a power adaptor/transformer. See does it state voltage in which we would expect to be 110 to 115v, and voltage out.

It may be that you just ruined the adaptor/transformer.

Photos of it showing the specs if possible might help. And a photo of the entire setup.

If it was just a case that you blew the power adaptor, then a suitable one might be easily got which can power the watch charging stand.

I would imagine the voltage out of the adaptor would probably be AC, to give the induction output from the watch charger.

flutered

see can you get a mobile fone charger to fit, a charger will work both here and in the u.s. i believe.

AndyC555

Cant get photos as Im not at home for another week. But I remember the power adaptor has 110V on it. Robbie as you say I may have just blown the power adaptor.

Flutered....thats a good idea, I try a mobile phone charger if I can get one that fits. Older Nokias have the round charger ports I think. Newer ones have a real small round one which I know won't fit the watches charging stand.

Bruthal

AndyC555 wrote: »

Cant get photos as Im not at home for another week. But I remember the power adaptor has 110V on it. Robbie as you say I may have just blown the power adaptor.

Flutered....thats a good idea, I try a mobile phone charger if I can get one that fits. Older Nokias have the round charger ports I think. Newer ones have a real small round one which I know won't fit the watches charging stand.

I would`t just go plugging power adaptors into the unit without checking the output specs of the adaptor that came with the setup.

Look and see what voltage the output is, and if its AC or DC.

The wall adaptor could well be outputting AC, as AC is required for induction to work. DC could be used if the watch charger unit has electronics to change the DC back to AC, but that would seem wasteful when the wall adaptor can simply output AC directly to the watch charging unit.

AndyC555

Thanks Robbie. I'll have a look at the specs of the power adaptor when I get home next week and get a picture up also.

Bruthal

AndyC555 wrote: »

Thanks Robbie. I'll have a look at the specs of the power adaptor when I get home next week and get a picture up also.

Yes do that and we might be able to see another adaptor that might work, if it is the adaptor that is gone, which is likely if its input was a fixed 110v or so.

Flashwatches

Did you try contacting them here?

http://www.specialopswatch.com/Contact.php

flutered

AndyC555 wrote: »

Cant get photos as Im not at home for another week. But I remember the power adaptor has 110V on it. Robbie as you say I may have just blown the power adaptor.

Flutered....thats a good idea, I try a mobile phone charger if I can get one that fits. Older Nokias have the round charger ports I think. Newer ones have a real small round one which I know won't fit the watches charging stand.

2 euro shop would have adapters to suit ?.

Bruthal

flutered wrote: »

2 euro shop would have adapters to suit ?.

It is needed to be known what the output of the original adaptor was. If its a 12v dc one as an example, then a phone charger wont work. If its an AC output one, a phone charger wont do that either, and neither will a 2 euro shop one.

First thing to do is see the original transformer/adaptor output voltage and if its AC or DC output.

AndyC555

Flashwatches wrote: »

Did you try contacting them here?

http://www.specialopswatch.com/Contact.php

Yes I have sent inquiry on that page twice in the last week to which I have gotten no reply.

AndyC555

Here are some pictures of what Im dealing with guys...

Bruthal

AndyC555 wrote: »

Here are some pictures of what Im dealing with guys...

Yea it looks like all you need is a standard adaptor which has 220-230v input, and 12v dc output, and it can output the 300 ma (milliamp) current.

An adaptor to do that can be got in power city very cheap. I actually have a few of them, many people would have them for various items in the house, so you could test it, to see it is the adaptor that is gone, which seems likely.

EDIT:I just noticed it says on your adaptor that came with the setup that its regulated, so a regulated one would be preferable.

This one from maplin will work. Its highest output selection is 12v regulated, its output current max is 500ma, but that wont make any difference to the device using it, as that will only draw the current it requires once the input voltage is correct.

The ideal thing would be to bring the base charger unit to the shop, to see that it was only the 110v adaptor that was damaged, by testing the charging unit with the maplin charger linked above.

The order code is UG01B if you wanted to call a maplin shop and see that they have it.

Bruthal

If you had a multi meter, you could also have cut the lead off the 110v adaptor, verify which pole of the DC plug on the end of the lead is the wire with the white stripe, and connect the cut off lead to a 12v battery.

But you would need to be certain which wire was the one connected to the centre of the DC plug using the multimeter continuity tester, and this wire then goes to the + of the 12v battery.

Or if you have a cigarette lighter power plug that powers something else thats 12v, that also would work, once the polarity is the same and the plug fits.

AndyC555

Robbie you beauty!!

I got another adaptor from an external Hard Drive I have here and would you believe it......

ITS ALIVE.....




THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Bruthal

AndyC555 wrote: »

Robbie you beauty!!

I got another adaptor from an external Hard Drive I have here and would you believe it......

ITS ALIVE.....



THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

That`s great, I bet it was a great sight to see it come on:)

AndyC555

I guess now because the watch hasn't been powered up for over 3 years I should leave it charging for...what?....2 weeks? haha

Bruthal

AndyC555 wrote: »

I guess now because the watch hasn't been powered up for over 3 years I should leave it charging for...what?....2 weeks? haha

Id say it should still charge in the normal full charge time. If you can, get a digital meter to ensure the power supply you are using now wont put out more than 12v. If it does`t, then you can use that one for it continuously.

AndyC555

This adaptor is 12V so I'll just use this one from now on. Thanks.