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Hello, I'm new here, I just bought a lot of stuff to make a computer from new egg, But the power supply has an American lead, Could I use Travel adapter? Or maybe a UK Kettle Lead? Its a evga 500b. Thanks!

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UK kettle lead should work fine. 

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You should be fine.

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It will not work with a UK kettle lead. however, some powersupplys will have a switch to switch between the UK - AC 50-60 Hz  250 V  and the USA 120 V to 60 Hz.

 

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Most half-decent power supplies will allow for both US/JP and EU/AUS voltages and US/JP and EU/AUS cycle rates. Your PSU should support 240 volts at 50 hertz, so yes, you can use a UK plug for that.

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2 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Most half-decent power supplies will allow for both US/JP and EU/AUS voltages and US/JP and EU/AUS cycle rates. Your PSU should support 240 volts at 50 hertz, so yes, you can use a UK plug for that.

oh really, i diddnt know that. i diddnt know they switched automatically

 

sorry, i retract my last comment.

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24 minutes ago, Ben_Kyd said:

oh really, i diddnt know that. i diddnt know they switched automatically

 

sorry, i retract my last comment.

Don't assume they all do. Look at the sticker on the PSU and make sure it can do 50Hz and 230V/240V. Normally this is expressed as a range (e.g., 50/60Hz, 100V-230V)

 

Also before you power it on, make sure there's no voltage switch you have to set, like in this image

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Many PSUs these days don't have one because they're designed to take up to 230V so there's no need to manually switch, but this is just a precaution.

 

EDIT: Also the great thing connecting PSUs to mains is the PSU end uses an IEC connector. This is standardized across the board (well, it uses the C13 shape as seen from this table); it's the other end that needs changing. So if you don't want to buy a passive travel converter (which may not even have a ground pin), you can buy or use any electronics power cable from your region.

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5 hours ago, Ben_Kyd said:

It will not work with a UK kettle lead. however, some powersupplys will have a switch to switch between the UK - AC 50-60 Hz  250 V  and the USA 120 V to 60 Hz.

If a PSU still has a switch: 
Throw it away, it's garbage.

Due to copper prices, all modern and somewhat OKish PSU have active PFC - wich do not need these switches.

And thus you find that only on garbage units without or with (fake) passive PFC...

 

Modern units have a wide input range pfc that wil always work with 230VAC but not always at 115VAC...

 

6 hours ago, YinDragons said:

Hello, I'm new here, I just bought a lot of stuff to make a computer from new egg, But the power supply has an American lead, Could I use Travel adapter? Or maybe a UK Kettle Lead? Its a evga 500b. Thanks!

The Name of the connector is C13.


But why didn't you look at the label of your PSU?
If it states something like 100-240VAC, then it will work.

But as stated above, I know of no PSU with an active PFC circuit that work under 115VAC but not 230VAC...

 

 

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5 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Don't assume they all do.

If it is from a named brand, all will work with 230VAC.

There are however some units that will not work (under full load) with 110VAC and will explode because PFC isn't designed for that.

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7 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

If it is from a named brand, all will work with 230VAC.

There are however some units that will not work (under full load) with 110VAC and will explode because PFC isn't designed for that.

That comment was about switching automatically. Even "name brands" like Antec, Cooler Master, Zalmam, and ThermalTake make PSUs that don't take up to 230V automatically.

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1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

That comment was about switching automatically. Even "name brands" like Antec, Cooler Master, Zalmam, and ThermalTake make PSUs that don't take up to 230V automatically.

No they don't! 

Show me one of those units made in the last couple of years!

 

Once upon a time, they made such units, yes. But those times are long gone and there are NO PSU that have this switch from brand names these dasys!

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58 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

That comment was about switching automatically. Even "name brands" like Antec, Cooler Master, Zalmam, and ThermalTake make PSUs that don't take up to 230V automatically.

Yes, those brands have old models that require you to switch the voltage. All of which are shit, and should be avoided at all costs, and shipping them internationally would cost more than the value of a brand new version of that PSU, so it is unlikely that the OP would do that, and the OP also said they have an EVGA 500B, which has active PFC. Looking at PCCG, they have only one PSU where manual intervention is required.

 

To my knowledge, that ThermalTake has never been out of stock during the 2 or so years I have been browsing PCCG; which means it doesn't sell well; since everything that sells well at PCCG goes out of stock, and will stay out of stock for a while, since PCCG has to buy a shipping container of that brands stuff at a time, since no brands have Australian Warehouses, meaning it is old; and is just old stock (You can also tell that it is old stock, since the stock codes are in order from when they were added to their system, Item 24444 (12 items newer than that thermal take) is a computer with a GTX 760).

 

(Ignore the stock code for the VS models, that is clearly recyled from the older VS models, since it certainly isn't from 2012, but instead 2014, like the other things around around it's stock code number)

 

PSUs under $80AU that are 240V only

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/34990/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/22269/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/22020/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35380/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/38111/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/34993/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/32100/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/34058/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/38112/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/22270/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/34059

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/34057

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/34058/

 

PSUs under $80AU that are 110-240V, with active PFC

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/27175/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/39708/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/27516/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/39233/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/27176

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/39710/

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/38616/

 

PSUs under $80AU that are 110-240V, which have a voltage switch at the back

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/24432/

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