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There are a variety of voltages in Brasil. 110v 60cycles; 127v
??cycles
and 220v 60cycles. However, convertors to UK 230v 50cycles are
available in hotels, so are probably generally available.

What would travellers need 50 Hz for? 70s clock radios? Old Dansette
record players?

21st century Nokia 8310 phone charger - 230v and 50 cycles only!

What's supposed to happen if you connect it to 230v/60 Hz? They probably
just say 50 Hz because that's all they expect it to run on.

If it's specced for 50Hz, then 60Hz won't be a problem. A 60Hz specced
transformer, OTOH, is liable to overheat when connected to a 50Hz supply
at the same voltage.

Not the kind of thing you want to try when you're n'000's of miles from
home!

But, now that you know that 230v AC 60Hz is safe for such a plugtop
charger, you can try this "when you're n'000's of miles from home!" :-)

HTH & HAND.


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What's supposed to happen if you connect it to 230v/60 Hz?

A 230v 60Hz supply won't be a problem for a 230v 50Hz unit. But it won't
work safely the other way round; that is, if you plug a 60Hz unit into a
50Hz supply it will overheat.

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What's supposed to happen if you connect it to 230v/60 Hz?

A 230v 60Hz supply won't be a problem for a 230v 50Hz unit. But it won't
work safely the other way round; that is, if you plug a 60Hz unit into a
50Hz supply it will overheat.

Nicely paraphrased! :-)

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