Alright guys Just got this ps2 test unit and didn't notice it was 120v as it says PAL on the back.... just taken the psu out of it and noticed theres 2 fuses one marked 120v and another marked 250v, so im thinking if it swap them round it will put it into 250v mode. i dont want to buy a step down seeing as i can buy a whole ps2 and take the psu from that for alot less, but before i do that i just wondered if this would work. the ps2 is a v1 or v2
Not easily and if you have shoved 240V into it you may have damaged a few components so it would need diagnosing and repair. Your better off as you say by getting a 240V PSU and whacking it in.
I'm quite sure that it's not that simple. My real first 2nd hand fat PS2 (Before I swapped it for my current SCPH-39006) was a SCPH-39001 that had a modded PSU which took in 240V, and it had some PCB traces cut and an extra high-voltage capacitor connected in series with the original. Like what was written in other posts by l_Oliveira, do not put a 12v PSU (from an expansion bay PS2) into a PCMCIA-type console as those consoles use another type of PSU that outputs 8.5v instead.
I doubt it's going to be as simple as switching the fuses. Usually the difference between Sony's 120v & 240v power supplies is that they only use the top half of the AC waveform on the 240v. You probably can modify it, but a cheap step down is going to be easier and safer. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Voltage-S...Accessories_PowerSupplies&hash=item2c6144e393 It does mean you have to be careful about plugging it in, as you'll blow the capacitor if you accidentally feed it 240v (been there and done that).
Electrolytic caps do blow up in the most delightful ways, although you do not want to be near them when they do. I remember seeing one in a TV that was being serviced and lots of pretty aluminium foil cascaded down from the ceiling.
Sneakypeanut, did you actually connect it to 230v mains ? did it blow the white fuse ? If it did blow the white fuse you might want to check the D411 part (the diode with two yellow stripes) as it's a kind of special protection diode. You can replace it for the same part (for continued protection) or you can place some standard rectifier diode (with a reverse voltage higher than 250V) just to get the power supply to work. @SP193 that power supply is actually 12V and it's from an 10 screws Expansion Bay PS2 unit. So no worries. Edit: Basically that's an V1/V2/V3 U.S. PS2 Power supply. @ Sneakypeanut you can just buy a broken UK V3 and put it's PSU on the TEST that is broken.
My Japanese PS1 just produced what looked like smoke when the cap blew. It actually held for a couple of seconds while the console booted up.
