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Help! re: using U.S. firewire drives in Europe???
Hi there,
I’m starting a doc in a couple days that’s based in Ireland. I’m bringing 2 brand new G Raid 2 1tb firewire drives over so that I can grab a copy of all their media (I will be going back and forth from the U.S. for several months).
My drives run on North American voltage which is good because I need to use them in the U.S. for the most part.
I have to buy a voltage converter (or 2?) and adapter to use them in Europe.
Does anyone have any experience with this?
Could you recommend a particular kind or spec or brand for the converter?
I’m concerned the drives may have difficulty staying mounted if the power supply is at all dodgy.
I’m trying to find out how many Watts the drives use from G-Raid but I had limited results with my initial call.
Any comments or advice would be a big help.
Cheers,
Jim
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3 Replies
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I’ve used an American Lacie drive in Ireland using just a power adapter without a hitch. The drive has a transformer as part of the power cable. If I remember right, I called Lacie to verify that this would work before I left. Don’t know if the G-Raids work the same way, though.
Best,
– David -
Are you sure that they don’t run on 110-240v?
I don’t own one, but the specs say they have Universal Power supplies, as most computer stuff does, which usually means 110-240 (or 120-230, etc) and 50-60hz. Look on the power supply, if it says 50-60 hz all you need to buy is a plug adapter so you can plug it in.
I work in Ireland a lot (I’m even an Irish citizen- not that it makes me an Irish
electricity expert!) and I use all my U.S. gear there.
ed -
Hi guys,
Thanks for the response.
Went and did some further research and you’re both right.
Don’t need to convert voltage as the power supply already does that.
Just need two funny looking plugs.
I owe you pints.
Jim
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