After 'fixing' my FM Towns II (the power plunger came loose from the power button, meaning I had to take the whole thing apart..and I'm left with 5 screws after putting it back together..good news is it works!) it blew the good transformer I was using. So I'm down to one transformer now, but need another to power the FM Towns speakers at the same time. Question is, will I be able to use a power strip plugged into a transformer to power all my Japanese stuff? Will this product be OK for such use? HTML: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-100K-Protection-Power-Surge-Protector-8-Outlets_W0QQitemZ320163626791QQihZ011QQcategoryZ32830QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Ta
I don't recommend it. I'd buy a step-down with multiple sockets if at all possible. I bought a 500W one from Maplin a while back and it works a charm. Go for the highest Wattage you can if you intend running multiple stuff off it at the same time.
Went down, a guy there said a 500w one would blow anything I plugged into it? I'm no electrical expert but that doesn't sound right?
He's talking a load of rubbish. Wattage (Power) ratings on those kinds of devices is the maximum load that it can handle. The devices that attach to it decide how much power they will take from it. The reason you'd want a big rated one like 500W is that the new generation of consoles require a lot of power and typically that means 300W+. The PS2 uses around 90W I think (check the back of the machine/the power adaptor to make sure), but if you want several machines plugged in at the same time you'll want it to be more powerful than that.
Yeah, I thought thats how watts worked. This guy presumed I was going to be using it for a NTSC PS3 and was starting a rant about it before I stopped him and explained what I would be using it for, to which he gave me a blank look. Cheers for the info, I've found a suitable one over ebay. Pity Maplins couldn't help as the shippings killer.
