You will still end up with 220 volts that will drop off close to 0 volts when th appliance is turned on and the potential to get a nasty shock. He was told it's a lousy idea but it'd work. I did find a Yahoo Answers ? where the guy in Phils asked if he could disconnect one wire and cap it, then run a wire from the empty side of the outlet to a copper ground stake (which I would want to do anyway). The 3 wire Edison connection is often found in North American kitchens and cloths dryer outlets. It is technically called a "3 wire Edison" connection. North America uses 120 Volts, 2 phase (180 degrees apart). The Philipines use 220 Volts single phase. So what's different about the way Noreco delivers power that prevents it? If everyone is simultaneously using the devices mentioned by chengkp, then probably not, and you will trip the circuit breaker.Though lots of search results on the internet says you can convert 220v to 110v at an outlet, a local electrician and my EE grad nephew in Cebu both say No. If everyone is only using the circuits for charging phones, tablets etc, you should be fine. Unfortunately on a cruise ship, this means whatever devices you are using, plus whatever devices are being used at the same time by the other (2) cabins sharing the circuit. As you have implied, it is the total amperage being used on the circuit at one time. If you do a search, others have posted or linked to very detailed explanations of the dangers of surge protected power strips at sea.įurthermore, to answer question, using a "cruise compliant" power strip has nothing to do with "not overpowering the circuit". It is not because of their rated amperage or " what the power strip is able to handle". You never mentioned surge protection, but I think the point is the reason these power strips (boxes) are "cruise compliant" is solely because they have no surge protection. If you go over said rating, your wire have the potential To(and most likely will) overheat and burn.īut I no where mentioned anything about a surge protector. I was more referencing what the power strip was able to handle. But I no where mentioned anything about a surge protector. These power strips do not have a circuit breaker in them, and a circuit breaker or fuse is the only thing that will limit the current that flows in a circuit, and it is the amount of current flowing that poses a fire hazard from overheating the wiring. ![]() Surge protectors do not have anything to do with overloading a circuit. These "cruise compliant" power strips do not have surge protectors in them. ![]() As above, this power strip has no control over how much power you draw from the power strip. And, note that the circuit for the 110v outlets in cabins are typically for 2-3 cabins, so even if you plug just one hair dryer into the "cruise compliant" power strip, and the ladies in the adjacent cabins do as well at the same time, you can trip the breaker as well. You are correct that you need to watch the amp ratings of what you plug into an outlet, but that goes for everywhere, not just on a ship. If you plug all three into this "cruise compliant" power strip, and fire them all up, you will "over power" the circuit and trip the breaker. Hair dryers, curlers, and straighteners are all "cruise approved" appliances. Add up the amps usage number found on all the things your plugging into the power strip and make sure you don't exceed power strips amp rating. If you want to be sure sure, the power strips will have an amp rating. As long as you're only powering cruise approved appliances.
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