So mine arrived on the 24th of December just in time for Christmas. In Germany, directly to my place no Custom Office or Tax for whatever reason.
Happy to finally getting it, I opened it to find incompatible Power Supply (for me atleast)
Class 2 Power Supply
Model: SP240-12
Input: 240VAC 60Hz
Output: 12VAC @220mA It uses a Type B plug with 2 pins (http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/)
Not sure what Country even uses 240V 60hz Type B
"mainly used in the USA, Canada, Mexico & Japan"
but they also use 100v/120v/127v so for whom are they meant?
Germany uses 230V 50hz Type C or F
Aside from potential issues with not enough Voltage under load with the power supply
will i be able to use the provided power supply if i get Traveler converter thingy like this:
http://www.amazon.de/Brennenstuhl-Reisestecker--adapter-Japan-Schutzkontakt/dp/B000WKG5YS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1450987245&sr=8-3&keywords=adapter+stecker+usa
or will i have issues with the 50hz / 60hz?
edit: apparently i would have issues
Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Cuba, Guyana, Montserrat, Philippines, Sint Eustatius
seem to be the countries using 60hz 220~240V Plug B(and others)
No European country seems to use 60hz
hr0thgarHi, so we don't get compatible power suply directly with the purshace? it's a bit disapointed.
Will wait to see the price becauce i'm still interested. But if it's made in china, no power suply and does have some sound issue i will maybe directly go else where :/
pocaYou are french? So it´s the same as in Germany assuming the 50hz/60hz mismatch is an issue.
Looks like all of Europe uses 220-240V 50hz, so if the only issue with the provided supply would be a
different plug like a US or UK one, we could buy a travel adapter thingy and would be fine but it´s not.
So i still wonder who the intended target for this "220V Adapter" is.
I don´t know where people buying here are from, the ones outside the US/Canada i saw were either European, Australian or from Hong Kong all of which use 220/230V 50hz.
hr0thgarGot mine yesterday too (Italy), honestly I didn't check the power supply specs, but as far as I can see it is working just fine. I have to admit I have no idea whether it is working out of specs though.
hr0thgarI'm using a plug converter I've had at home for a while now. It's a worldwide one, meaning it has pretty much all the most used plugs around the world and it's sort of "active", cause there's a light that turns on when it's in use. Thus I was thinking that it might be helping "mediating" between the power supply and my home electric system (which has the same specs as German ones, of course). That's just a thought though...Did you tried plugging in the odac+o2 yet or are you waiting for an answer before trying? Mine has been in use about 5-6 hours by now and I've heard no distortion, clipping or other strange behaviours.
AceDuffcant use it cause i dont have a plug converter and it´s xmas so gotta wait till monday to get one
only thing making me wonder is the 50hz/60hz thing, as some sites i found say stuff about overheating if it´s mismatched
hr0thgarI see. Well, actually as far as I know plugging a 110v device in a 220v plug would cause the device to blow up or to melt, but since they asked us about the US/EU plug I think it's very likely that, even though it's not reported on the power supply, it can handle both voltages. Otherwise, the power supply would be dead by now.
AceDuffnot talking about voltage but frequency, the wall socket in Europe gives out 220-240 Volts at a 50Hz frequency,
The 220V power supply from here states it wants ~240V at 60Hz as input.
Even IF putting in 50Hz instead of 60Hz makes no difference (still don´t know if it does longterm), Massdrop should really provide a 230V 50Hz with a Type C Plug (see http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/) for future Drops since its compatible with almost all countries Socket Type that use 220-240V, except for Australia, UK,Ireland and China only making them require a Travel Converter.
hr0thgarMy bad, I was somehow convinced it was 110v/60Hz. I've just checked mine and it says 240v/60Hz indeed, but it's still working regularly. We would have an actual problem if it was 110v, while the frequency seems not to impact it.
Anyway I agree with you, they should provide the correct plug type.
Class 2 Power Supply Model: SP240-12 Input: 240VAC 60Hz Output: 12VAC @220mA
It uses a Type B plug with 2 pins (http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/) Not sure what Country even uses 240V 60hz Type B "mainly used in the USA, Canada, Mexico & Japan" but they also use 100v/120v/127v so for whom are they meant?
Germany uses 230V 50hz Type C or F Aside from potential issues with not enough Voltage under load with the power supply will i be able to use the provided power supply if i get Traveler converter thingy like this:
http://www.amazon.de/Brennenstuhl-Reisestecker--adapter-Japan-Schutzkontakt/dp/B000WKG5YS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1450987245&sr=8-3&keywords=adapter+stecker+usa
or will i have issues with the 50hz / 60hz?
edit: apparently i would have issues
Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Cuba, Guyana, Montserrat, Philippines, Sint Eustatius seem to be the countries using 60hz 220~240V Plug B(and others)
No European country seems to use 60hz