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  1. denpet

    denpet DI Senior Member Highly Rated Poster Blood Donor Veteran Air Force

    Aug 17, 2015 #6
    You can get a better/bigger voltage regulator with dual output voltage. They will both stabilise your voltage, and give you 110V output for your US equipment.
    As Wrye said, many things will run without conversion to 110v, but it never hurts to run it through a regulator.
    You can plug many things to the same regulator depending on size. If you have a 3000W regulator, you can plug a total of 3000W equipment to it. Just sum up the input wattage of them. If it's not listed, multiply Voltage by Amperage.
    On wrye's sample image above it will be 240V x 2.4A = 576W.
    Most likely you can exceed this too, as they don't constantly draw the same power. An even better voltage regulator has a meter showing how much power is being used, then you know for sure how much you can connect to it. It's typically more than you think.
     
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  2. KINGCOLE

    KINGCOLE DI Senior Member Highly Rated Poster

    Aug 17, 2015 #4
    Go to Polaris, they are one of the few retailers whom actually know what they're selling.
     
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  3. Rye83

    Rye83 with pastrami Admin Secured Account Highly Rated Poster SC Connoisseur Veteran Army

    Aug 17, 2015 #5
    Most electronic equipment (computers/cell phones/televisions/wireless modems) will work on the voltage in the Philippines without any using any voltage regulator.
    Most equipment that uses electricity has a sticker on it that says what voltage it can operate on. They look something like this:
    voltage_diagram.png
    (This is usually found on the charger for cell phone chargers and computers and will be on the back/side of televisions.)
    What you are interested in will be the input. If it says 100-240V and 50-60Hz it will work in the Philippines without any problems. The Philippines uses 220V and 60Hz (and I believe they are only 1 of 3 countries that uses that combination). If it just says 100V (+/- 10% or 20%) and 50Hz you will fry it if you plug it into the Philippines.

    From my experience the equipment you will need to watch out for will be kitchen and bathroom appliances. I would leave hair driers, toasters and microwaves behind (or sell them) if they don't operate on the correct voltage and buy new ones here. It would be a pain in the @ss (and expensive) to have a bunch of transformers for each appliance.
     
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