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I was a US Government employee. Me and my family were sent to England where we resided for 7 years. We shipped all our household goods with us including all our US electrical appliances. Once there, we purchased Transformers which come in various wattage ratings. The transformer actually converts the 220voltage down to the required 120 volts for US products. Anything with a motor would only be turning at 50 cycles a second vise the 60 cycles of US current. This would only affect the playing speed of say a record player (obselete now) but radios, toasters, coffee pots or anything of that nature would work fine. Hope this has helped.
You need a transformer, as mentioned above.
Note that for running UK appliances in the US that is not necissarily true, as the US has 120/240V service. You'd just need a special outlet for your 240V appliances.
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Some, but by no means all, electronic appliances have 110/240V switches to allow use on either system.
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∙ 12y agoCanada uses a 120/240 volt, 60 Hz system. Some appliances will work and some will be affected by the lower frequency requirements of UK appliances. Any resistive load will work fine on the Canadian system. Any appliances with motors involved will not work as the manufacturer of the appliance intended.
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∙ 8y agoNo, not without the use of a transformer which has an outlet voltage of 230 to 240 Volt and is capable to supply sufficient power. Note: A British electrical appliance which draws a current of 5 Amps needs at least 10 Amps at your 120 Volts outlet!
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∙ 9y agoAustralia uses 240V, while North America uses 110V, so in order for your appliances to work you will need to get an adapter.
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∙ 11y agoYes, but you will need an adapter to plug them in to make them work on the electrical system.
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∙ 10y agoYou cannot use electrical devices from the US in the UK unless they happen to have a switch on them somewhere that allows changing from 120 volts to 240 volts.
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∙ 12y agoNot without a converter of some description.
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∙ 8y agoNo, not unless they can run on 240 volts or 120 volts. Great Britain's electrical outlets are 240 volts while in the U.S. they are 120 volts.
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