Is this possible? I'd like to plug in this fan for soldering projects but it's 220vac and I only have 110vac available. Other specs - 50/60 hz, 0.20 A. Impedance protected. Its a small 15 cm cooling fan.
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Using a 110V to 220V transformer should work well. However, it might be too much trouble and not worth the expense. Just buy another fan. Given that the voltage is lower, it might run but I wouldn't take any chances. |
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Unfortunately the variac proposed in another answer will not work because variacs will not output more than the input voltage (some variacs can provide up to 10% or so higher voltage). But with 120 vac in, the most a variac will provide is about 135 vac. Since your fan is relatively low power, a cheap solution is to use a transformer designed to convert 240 vac to 120 vac for foreign travelers. Plug the low voltage side into a 120 vac outlet and feed the high voltage side to your fan. |
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