By Debbie Babcock (BonaireTalker - Post #29) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 8:04 am: |
Need to know if a U.S. bought vcr, dvd player will work on Bonaire or do I need to buy a transformer for them? Also am thinking of bringing down a Game Cube system as well. Anyone have any experience with this? We finally bought a place on Bonaire and the kids would really like to have these at our new home. I don't want to bring them all the way to Bonaire and find out that they won't work. Thanks for any help or suggestions anyone has. Debbie B
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By Linda Richter - NetTech (Moderator - Post #1980) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 8:53 am: |
Debbie,
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By Debbie Babcock (BonaireTalker - Post #30) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 9:11 am: |
Linda,
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By Gregg Babcock (BonaireTalker - Post #34) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 9:17 am: |
Linda, (or Jake)
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By Jake Richter (Moderator - Post #5132) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 9:40 am: |
Depends on the size of the TV, but for most cases, an 800-1000KVa transformer or voltage regulator would do the trick.
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By Linda Richter - NetTech (Moderator - Post #1981) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 9:44 am: |
Hitess - store across from Bon Awa
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By The Ginocchio's @ Golden Reef Inn (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #338) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 9:55 am: |
Debbie,
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By Gregg Babcock (BonaireTalker - Post #35) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 11:06 am: |
Jake,
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By Gregg Babcock (BonaireTalker - Post #36) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 11:11 am: |
Liz,
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By The Ginocchio's @ Golden Reef Inn (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #339) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 12:10 pm: |
Gregg,
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By Debbie Babcock (BonaireTalker - Post #33) on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 4:06 pm: |
Thanks, Liz. Another question: Does the video store in town by Exito rent games for Ninetendo, or Playstation II, or game cube?
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By Bruce Zupek (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #6) on Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 8:34 am: |
What the procedure should be is to look at the transformer of the equipment and see if it indicates 50/60 Hz. If it is 60 Hz only then you will need a frequency converter - available at Hitess. A voltage regulator is also a good idea given the fluctuations in voltage here on Bonaire.
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By Jake Richter (Moderator - Post #5140) on Monday, September 20, 2004 - 10:09 am: |
Bruce's solution certainly would simplify some of the issues for low wattage devices, but I will add that with the gobs of electronics and U.S. appliances in my house and office, I only use voltage transformers/regulators, and no frequency converters (which are AC-DC followed by a DC-AC inverter in a compact package, incidentally).
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By Gregg Babcock (BonaireTalker - Post #37) on Monday, September 20, 2004 - 10:30 am: |
Bruce, Jake, Linda,
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