/vr/ - Retro Games

>That's partly an accident of history. Eastern Japan followed the German model and has a 50-cycle electrical power grid. The western part of Japan used the American model and has a 60-cycle grid. Transferring power from one grid to another requires a very expensive facility. And there are only three connections between eastern and western Japan. That bottleneck means the power transfer is just a trickle, even during this national emergency. Creating more capacity would take years.

Is this true?
Japan uses both 100V 50Hz and 100V 60Hz?
How does the other half of the country power their game consoles?
This must be why handhelds are so dominant in the Japan's gaming scene.

>>3521072

Goy buy whatever power supply gives you 9v and 1.2 amps minimun, the center pin must be negative so look for the ones you can rotate the connector to change the polarity just in case.

The power supply is the one which is going to deal with your power grid, the super famicon only wants their voltage and amps, nothing less nothing more.

>>3522046
Almost all japanese electrical devices/PSUs support both 50Hz and 60Hz AC , that's why making a step down transformer to use japanese devices in europe is way easier than making one for american devices.

>>3523561
>Goy buy whatever power

It's the Japanese power supplies that MIGHT (but almost certainly not) be damaged by 110v-120v. Actual electronics run on DC power so as long as you're sending it the right DC it's exactly the same. Consoles with INTERNAL power supplies like 4th gen+ (no brick on the cord) are the only ones you might worry about if you're extremely paranoid but even if they were to get burned up (which would be much more likely to have been a result of a surge than 110v) you should just be able to open it up and put in a power supply from a US version.

>>3523691
Don't let this shit infect /vr anymore than it already is.

Mods are you alive??

>>3523849
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>>3523843
>It's the Japanese power supplies that MIGHT (but almost certainly not) be damaged by 110v-120v.

No.
They are all designed to work within a certain threshold, not one fixed voltage.

A 100V Japanese power supply will work fine on 110V in the USA. At worst, it might output 10% more heat.

But, most power supplies actually allow for a much larger cap, because it is cheaper to mass manufacture the same equipment for 2 continents. For example Saturn power supplies are marked to work from 85V to 135V.

>>3523859
Go back to your filthy containment board