Nutri Ninja Blender power conversion question

[grss1982]

Hi guys,

My knowledge in terms of appliances is way behind my knowledge with computers.

Anyway long story short, my aunt in the U.S.A. gave my mom this appliance:

https://www.amazon.com/Professional-.../dp/B00P2PFMV0

So naturally since I'm from the Philippines and we use 220V instead of the 110V this appliance requires, I'm a bit confused on how to go about this.

My first was to use a cheap ass automatic voltage regular (AVR) that I use on my spare computer since it has a 120V plug along with 3 220v plugs. See here: http://www.lazada.com.ph/eco-power-5....0.qBGZIz&ff=1

But then that 1000W on the box of this appliance made me wonder if I needed some special voltage regulator/converter make this work while in my country.

Maybe something like these:
a) http://www.lazada.com.ph/imarflex-hd....0.qBGZIz&ff=1

b) http://www.lazada.com.ph/akari-avr-s....0.qBGZIz&ff=1

Any help with this would be very much appreciated.

[budm]

Re: Nutri Ninja Blender power conversion question

Why can't you just get step down transformer?

[grss1982]

Re: Nutri Ninja Blender power conversion question

Why can't you just get step down transformer?

So you're saying it does not matter that the appliance needs 1000 watts?

As long as it's a step down transformer that gives you 110v the appliance will work just fine.

Sorry. Not really familiar with wattages and what not.

[Per Hansson]

Re: Nutri Ninja Blender power conversion question

You need a step down transformer that can supply 1000w
I.e. something like this but shipping will be a killer if it's genuine.
Because it should be quite heavy, so try to find one locally...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Step-Down-Up...-/282410276376

[stj]

Re: Nutri Ninja Blender power conversion question

tools used on construction sites are usually 110v,
so places that supply that stuff have big stepdown transformers.
110v colourcode is yellow btw.

[momaka]

Re: Nutri Ninja Blender power conversion question

You need a step down transformer that can supply 1000w
I.e. something like this but shipping will be a killer if it's genuine.
Because it should be quite heavy, so try to find one locally...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Step-Down-Up...-/282410276376

An acquaintance of mine had one of those. Seemed a bit light for the advertised power output (I think his was 1.2 kW). But not too bad. Worked okay. I'd say it was probably 1.2 kW peak - i.e. capable of providing that power for a few minutes maybe. Definitely not continuous. But for an appliance that is ON just a few minutes, that might be alright.

Also keep in mind that a lot of these cheap step up/down transformers like to give you a rating in Watts, but in reality, that's probably their VA rating. This difference doesn't matter if you use it to drive a resistive load, but can make quite a difference with an inductive or capacitative load.