Hi guys/girls?
Well I need some help as I can't find anyone over here that has the knowledge unfortunately?
I recently purchased at a not small expense from the U.S. two LED boxing / sport interval timers with a sound feature. Presuming (one should never presume) that being an internationally accessed website. that these timers would be fine for our 230/240 volt output? (why advertise or sell them without a warning) I stupidly after much deliberation a talking to our resident electricians plugged one in. Yes it worked for about 15 seconds then died a horrific death well the LEDS leaked and smoked a little. :-/
Now there were no labels on or in the case nor are there any switches to change voltage. there is really very little inside it other than a small PCB a speaker and a small copper wire wrapped transformer? I have pics of the internals for anyone that maybe interested enough to take up my cause?
I contacted the company and they were almost monosyllable in their reply and that reply was "220 volts"!
I want to know if I can convert the existing timer that still works to suit 240 volts and not have a total loss of over $300.00 AUD.
I am also quite willing to build one myself with my limited electronics knowledge if someone has a schematic I can follow.
Oh, they are capable of up to 10 rounds with breaks of 30 seconds or a minute round times are from 1 min to 3 mins. FYI
I am hoping this is a relevant question for this forum And I will leave it at that for now and wait to see if anyone wishes to help out?
Thanks in advance.
Well I need some help as I can't find anyone over here that has the knowledge unfortunately?
I recently purchased at a not small expense from the U.S. two LED boxing / sport interval timers with a sound feature. Presuming (one should never presume) that being an internationally accessed website. that these timers would be fine for our 230/240 volt output? (why advertise or sell them without a warning) I stupidly after much deliberation a talking to our resident electricians plugged one in. Yes it worked for about 15 seconds then died a horrific death well the LEDS leaked and smoked a little. :-/
Now there were no labels on or in the case nor are there any switches to change voltage. there is really very little inside it other than a small PCB a speaker and a small copper wire wrapped transformer? I have pics of the internals for anyone that maybe interested enough to take up my cause?
I contacted the company and they were almost monosyllable in their reply and that reply was "220 volts"!
I want to know if I can convert the existing timer that still works to suit 240 volts and not have a total loss of over $300.00 AUD.
I am also quite willing to build one myself with my limited electronics knowledge if someone has a schematic I can follow.
Oh, they are capable of up to 10 rounds with breaks of 30 seconds or a minute round times are from 1 min to 3 mins. FYI
I am hoping this is a relevant question for this forum And I will leave it at that for now and wait to see if anyone wishes to help out?
Thanks in advance.