Post by Overland on Jan 4, 2013 15:54:30 GMT
Canpeng:
Sorry, missed your older post. Also missed the fact that OhCanada finally got her visa and should be here right now. Congrats to her!!
I wouldn't sweat the 115v issue for the minute. Despite the work in progress to start converting the camp to 220v, there will be a near riot if everyone here has to replace all of their appliances. I think that there may be a few 115v outlets left behind to quell dissention...
Right now, Saco (the marginal home center just outside the camp in the Dhahran Mall) carries a shelf full of transformers. Folks use them to step up or step down voltages. My wife borrowed a 220v sewing machine that was powered off one of those units. Worked fine, despite my better judgement. Knowing the potential fire and electocution risk these may pose, I would bet that Aramco finds a way to accomodate dual voltages in the house. Or maybe in a portion of the house. Internally in the camp, there will have to be some means to phase this in.
Sorry, missed your older post. Also missed the fact that OhCanada finally got her visa and should be here right now. Congrats to her!!
I wouldn't sweat the 115v issue for the minute. Despite the work in progress to start converting the camp to 220v, there will be a near riot if everyone here has to replace all of their appliances. I think that there may be a few 115v outlets left behind to quell dissention...
Right now, Saco (the marginal home center just outside the camp in the Dhahran Mall) carries a shelf full of transformers. Folks use them to step up or step down voltages. My wife borrowed a 220v sewing machine that was powered off one of those units. Worked fine, despite my better judgement. Knowing the potential fire and electocution risk these may pose, I would bet that Aramco finds a way to accomodate dual voltages in the house. Or maybe in a portion of the house. Internally in the camp, there will have to be some means to phase this in.
