|
|
Post by Pen on Oct 16, 2012 11:44:54 GMT
Hi,
I know there has been a lot of discussion about electrical items on the forum but are there any Australians that would like to comment on the voltage situation and what they have done? I cannot purchase 110v appliances in Australia so cannot ship anything over. Can someone comment if I will be able to purchase all my electrical applicances in Dammam? Washing machine, fridge, microwave, hair dryer, kettle, toaster,TV etc.
|
|
|
|
Post by gareth0127 on Oct 19, 2012 5:18:54 GMT
The only 110V appliances we have are a hairdryer, kettle and iron all the rest are either electronics using 100-240V or are solely 220V. There is no need to try and buy everything 110V but the 3 items we have got were found pretty easily in Rahima. SACO world also stock a fair bit of 110V stuff
|
|
kilted_highlander78
Guest
|
Post by kilted_highlander78 on Oct 19, 2012 15:15:02 GMT
o,
I agree with gareth0127... Dammam and Khobar have a wide variety of products that fits the local community. I for one asked my brother to buy me a TV, vacuum cleaner and other stuff from Extra.
|
|
|
|
Post by Texas786 on Oct 21, 2012 9:42:12 GMT
Sometimes you get 110V easily, sometimes you have to hunt (or wait). We bought some 110V appliances, but for the rest, we got a 1500 watt (110 to 220) transformer from SACO for 600 riyals. Now we can buy 110 or 220 appliances. Only downside is that the transformer is kind of big for a kitchen counter.
|
|
MABM
Member
Posts: 40
|
Post by MABM on Oct 21, 2012 16:46:56 GMT
I saw one at Extra stores (110V to 220V converter) which can handle upto 3000 Watts, i think the brand name was yokohama and it was on sale and was for about 600 SAR and Yes its quite big to put up in kitchen, in my opinion do not load the converter to more than 80% of the rating.
3000 Watt means that the socket should hold upto 28Amps, which is very high, if you are planning to buy a converter, ask housing/maintenance how much max load can the sockets bear. Better avoid.
|
|
