Can a 110 volt appiance work on a 220 volt circuit?

Answer 1

It depends. If they are multiple voltage 110-220v appliances (such as most computer power supplies are) they obviously can be, taking special care to check if a switch has to be flipped to use the other voltage. If they are 220v-only devices, you need some sort of a converter to use them. That can be for instance a 110v/220v transformer, but if WILL be bulky and heavy as hell, and available for relatively small power only. Or you might use an electronic 110v/220v power converter, if you can find one, which might be considerably lighter and possibly available for higher power, but it probably won't be that cheap either. If the appliance is a fairly generic one, buying a new 110v model is probably the easiest and cheapest way to do it. It should be noted that a lightbulb- or heating-element-type appliance should still work with the smaller voltage, just weaker, as opposed to the reverse situation of supplying 220v to a 110v device, which would certainly burn out. It is however rather pointless to try to do it, and HIGHLY NOT RECOMMENDED.

Answer 2

If the appliance is designed to operate on only 220 - 240 volts, then it won't work on a 110V supply. However, most modern electronic equipment will operate on 100V - 260V, particularly laptops and cell phone power supplies, allowing it to be used on virtually any mains supply worldwide.

Check the information label on the equipment and read the voltage requirements before making any connections.

Answer 3

What comes into play here is the insulation rating of the extension cord. Most cords are rated for 300 volts even though they are only used on 120 volts. As long as the correct 240 volt cord ends are applied to the extension cord it can be used on 240 volts and still be within the limits of the 300 volt insulation factor of the cord.

Answer 4

no, you willdouble the voltage

Answer 5

Of course not.

Answer 6

YES