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Electronics from USA

Callum2218 · 2014-04-15 15:28:03

Ok, so a few years ago my friend bought and brought home a petsafe wireless fence from the US. Only now am I getting a dog and I've encountered a problem, the product adapter has an input of 120V and an output of 12V. So if I plug it in it will probably blow I've looked around and cannot find a suitable adapter to no…

15-04-2014 04:28PM

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Callum2218

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Ok, so a few years ago my friend bought and brought home a petsafe wireless fence from the US. Only now am I getting a dog and I've encountered a problem, the product adapter has an input of 120V and an output of 12V. So if I plug it in it will probably blow I've looked around and cannot find a suitable adapter to no avail. So I'm asking for any advice to find a solution to my problem as its a fairly expensive piece of kit

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#2 15-04-2014 06:16PM

Xantia

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You should be able to get an adaptor/transformer thing from Maplin,
Or you could find out the current required and get a replacement adaptor using 230V instead of the North American voltage

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