Changing the power supplies to use AUS consoles in Japan

I'm currently trying to decide what to do with some of my Australian game consoles now that I'm in Japan. The Australian consoles I have are:
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Wii
Wii U
Playstation 1
Playstation 2
Xbox
Xbox 360

I was thinking I'd buy local versions and just send the games over, but the main issue with this idea is region locking. For consoles like the ps1 and ps2, I'd need to get them mod chipped from scratch as I've never seen a chipped console in Japan before. So after you total up the costs of getting the console and chipping it, it sounds like simply sending my Australian consoles over would be more cost effective. Plus, I know they're in great condition and I've already refurbished them. And in the case of the modded consoles, I know they work how I want them to.

However, this brings up the issue of voltage, since Australia is 230v and Japan is 100v. I'd like to avoid needing a step-up transformer, so I was thinking of ways to plug them straight into the wall. For consoles that used an external power supply (I.e Wii, N64 and SNES) it should be as simple as buying a Japanese AC adapter right? What about the SNES? I know the American SNES has a different power connector, but the PAL and Japanese ones are the same right?

Internal power supplies are the tricky part, since there's the questions of where can I buy a replacement and will it be compatible. I recall the ps2 using many different versions that aren't cross-compatible. But I found a guy on eBay who's selling a ps2 power supply for quite a cheap price that might be suitable for my PS2 (I'd need to confirm what model it is):

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Fat-PS2-Playstation-2-Internal-Power-Supply-Part-V4-V7-/321118564124

Do you think this should do the trick? Would I run into any strange issues installing this into a PAL console?

What about other consoles with internal power supplies? Would it be the same story?

 

Well first can your tv display pal.

 

Most modern TVs these days can, but I'll be using RGB, so that's not important

 

PAL SNES and JP SFC use different power supplies.

 

Cool,rgb is the way to go.

As for using jpn ac adapters on your consoles like the n64,snes,360 and wii/u yes they will work fine but since you have a pal snes you cant just plug in a sfc psu as it wont fit,the barrel connecter for pal snes is 2.5mm inner and 5.5mm outer so you would need to make or find a psu.I have a pal snes and Im in the US and I made my own.

As for your other system yes its possible to swap out the psu's.

But all in all I would bring over what you would really use as it's going to be a hassle.

 

The good thing is that japan is 1Xx voltage region so 110v PSU from the us will work fine, be cheap and plentiful
as long as the psu supports the 1XX range (100,110,120v) it will work as they are designed to have those tolerances.
another good thing is most of those consoles with internal psu are pretty cheap in Japan so it's probs cheaper to buy a whole system and swap PSU's

with ps2 it shouldn't be as hard as you think iirc it's just max current load on the low side that's the difference between revisions, that and maybe the mounting but I don't think sony changed the mounting ever between launch and the last model before the slim (unless you have a test unit or something peculiar like that)


As as I said look for whole units locally as that is probably cheaper. Failing that look on Aliexpress for a ps2 psu as shipping will be cheaper than most other countries..

 

I understand swapping power supplies for a console or 2, but if you have all these consoles (you listed 8), wouldn't it just be more convenient to use a converter? Are you ever planning on bringing these systems back to Australia?

And just to add about the signals: I know you said you use RGB, but PAL signals is not as universal as you might think. I've got 3 modern LCD TVs and none of them will do PAL signals correctly. Two will show the picture but not correctly (odd colours), and the other just shows a black screen.

 

You can use a pal to NTSC converter

 

Damn, that's annoying. Wonder if they make adapters so I can plug a SFC AC adapter into a PAL SNES?

Maybe if I find a broken console for cheap, that would be a good idea. But the eBay auction I linked to was only $9, so that seems fine. Provided there's no weird issues plopping a 110v PSU into a PAL PS2.

I was originally planning to do that (I even brought an Australian power strip with me) but I've decided I'd like to get them working nativly. Step-up converters are power hungry and often introduce noise into the signal. I've got a Framemeister, so no need to worry about PAL conversion

 

This would work for using a pal snes with a sfc psu.
http://www.amazon.com/10pcs-Power-Female-Adapter-Connector/dp/B00LSHBR5Q

 

Nice! Thanks!

 

Some of these systems use DC, so you should be fine converting the equivalents. Besides you're in Japan, pretty sure you could've saved some money buying some used consoles at thrift stores instead of worrying about whether your PAL systems work or not.

 

That's true and I've already done it for my PS3. For the PS1 and PS2, I'd need them to be modchipped and unlike Australia, I can't just browse eBay for a bit until ones with modchips pre-installed show up, since I've never seen one before. So I'd need to have them done from scratch. I could probably do a PS1 myself, but a PS2 is a bit beyond my skill set. So I'd need to post it to someone like jinn to do it, which will cost me like $75 not including shipping. Starts to get a bit expensive. Ideally, I'd someone in Japan to do it for me, but I don't know of anyone (maybe you can take it to general electronics shop?) who can do it. I have heard that the 3000 series are the easiest to install a modchip in, so maybe I could give doing it myself a shot.

 

Are the consoles still in Australia ?? You could have them sent the them to me and I'll mod them for you and just post directly to you..

or or you could send it to a guy on YouTube called LukeMorse1, I've bought some stuff from him and he's a good guy, don't know if he can do ps2 installed because they are pretty fine points to solder too but could always ask. He's in Tokyo btw

 

Yeah, the consoles are still in Australia, but they're already modded I was looking to maybe buy new Japanese ones here and mod them. Thanks for the offer though!

Ah! LukeMorse1! I know that guy! Good idea! I'll see if he can do it!