Power conversion from US to UK for my Bradley smoker (moving)?

[grimas]

Moving from the US to Malaysia and want to take my smoker with me.  Can use a transformer but was told electronics in KL use the same power as the UK.  Since the Bradley is also sold in the UK, I fugured it might be easier to swap the cables/pewer supply/etc in the smoker instead of needing a 220 to 110 transformer for it...  Anyone have any ideas on what componenets I'd need to change and would it be worth the cost (a transformer is about $50.)

Thanks!

grimas

[manxman]

Hi Grimes and welcome to the forum. Can't help you directly but this is the UK website for BS which has a comprehensive list of spares available at reasonable cost, they would probably also be able to provide advice on the feasability of your idea.

http://www.bradleysmoker.co.uk/

However I seem to remember that even the puck advance motors are different specs between 110V and 240V and getting hold of and installing a new one would be quite a long winded job in itself for the sake of $50.

There are several very competant electricians on the forum who will be able to offer better actual advice, just my 2pence/cents worth!

[Arcs_n_Sparks]

grimas,

You have two issues to deal with: voltage and frequency. Step-down transformer will take care of the voltage issue. Not sure how important the 60Hz vs. 50Hz issue will be (assuming an original BS here). The puck motor will move slower, but I suspect it will still work. That is the only part that has a frequency dependency.

Arcs_n_Sparks

[bubbagump]

grimas,

Check out this link, it should help answer your questions. There is also an additional link at that site.

http://kropla.com/frequency.htm


Bubbagump