International Mains Wall Power Cords

[Kaga]

I bought a power supply online and forgot to take into consideration that the wall connector might not be compatible with my country's (Australia) wall sockets. And sure enough, it isn't.

Although I have another similar (Australian) power cord from an older pc that will fit into new psu, can I use that one instead?

The new unusable cord is rated at 10A 125V

The older Australian one is 10A 250V

Cheers

Edit: it's a 550W psu, supports input of 10A and 100-240V

I can always just use an adapter for the original cord, right?

[Juganog]

depends if the PSU can take 250V if not expect and bang and a bad smell

[thekeemo]

if your psu can support 240v yes

[W-L]

I bought a power supply online and forgot to take into consideration that the wall connector might not be compatible with my country's (Australia) wall sockets. And sure enough, it isn't.

Although I have another similar (Australian) power cord from an older pc that will fit into new psu, can I use that one instead?

The new unusable cord is rated at 10A 125V

The older Australian one is 10A 250V

Cheers

 

If I remember Australia uses 240V 50Hz, just make your your power supply is one that can do dual voltage, most PSU's will auto adjust for it but if it's an older one with a switch be sure to check it's at the right voltage, and that cord that you have looks good.

[Kaga]

If I remember Australia uses 240V 50Hz, just make your your power supply is one that can do dual voltage, most PSU's will auto adjust for it but if it's an older one with a switch be sure to check it's at the right voltage, and that cord that you have looks good.

Pretty sure it's 230V isn't it?

[thekeemo]

Pretty sure it's 230V isn't it?

if they psu supports the voltage just use the other cable no need for an adapter

[W-L]

Pretty sure it's 230V isn't it?

 

Yeah 230V, Europe uses 240V

[Guest]

Yeah 230V, Europe uses 240V

Europe is 230V as well.

[foxhound590]

Europe and australia use 220v-240v the voltage from the wall can be anywhere in that range and its always veering   

[Kaga]

If I remember Australia uses 240V 50Hz, just make your your power supply is one that can do dual voltage, most PSU's will auto adjust for it but if it's an older one with a switch be sure to check it's at the right voltage, and that cord that you have looks good.

  

Yea it should be fine. The actual deffinition of "line voltage" is always wonky. Here in america line voltage is anywhere from 100-125 volts. Sounds like its the same for everywhere else, I.e. 230-250 volts.

Turned on the PC, it worked for like 10 seconds, then there was a bang and it all shut off. fml

I guess I'll need to replace the psu, but is there a chance that other components were also damaged?

Also, is it safe to now touch the pc if it's unplugged?

[Kaga]

Well, shit. What's the brand? Chances are yes if the PSU is from a good company/OEM, the rest of the components are fine. The bang was probably one, two, or both things, caps spewing their guts out, or the over voltage protection circutry doing what it was designed to do, which is protect the rest of the system. And yes, the system is safe to touch if its unpluged. Hell even if its plugged in, the case won't be live.

It's a Thermaltake Toughpower 80+ Gold, and yeah the system still posts with another older power supply connected bootleggedly so it looks like I'll just need to get another psu.

Thanks for all the help anyway

[W-L]

It's a Thermaltake Toughpower 80+ Gold, and yeah the system still posts with another older power supply connected bootleggedly so it looks like I'll just need to get another psu.

Thanks for all the help anyway

 

Well that's unfortunate, I don't believe your components will be damaged, 90% of the time the PSU sacrifices itself first before anything bad can occur to anything else down the line. This however is a bit odd to me since it should be fine on 230V AC since it is an automatic dual voltage PSU, from the manufacture sheet here. 

 

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