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April 22, 2018, 10:50 AM
18DAI
Coffee machine problem/question
My wife purchased a Senseo coffee machine online. It came with a plug for European outlet.

Can I get this machine rewired to use US 120v electrical outlet? Thanks! Regards 18DAI


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April 22, 2018, 10:57 AM
Pipe Smoker
You can buy an adapter that takes the European plug on one side, and provides a US 120V plug on the other side. I have such an adapter that I used for a Norelco shaver that I bought in Holland years ago.


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April 22, 2018, 12:32 PM
Aeteocles
You need an adapter that converts both voltage and frequency--not just a an adapter that changes the shapes of the plug.
April 22, 2018, 12:44 PM
6guns
If you haven't used it, I'd consider exchanging it for the right one....if available.



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April 22, 2018, 01:25 PM
jimmy123x
quote:
Originally posted by Aeteocles:
You need an adapter that converts both voltage and frequency--not just a an adapter that changes the shapes of the plug.


Read the machine first and see if it works on 50 and 60 cycle Electricity. Otherwise you need a transformer. European electric is 50 cycles and American is 60 cycles. So standard things like motors usually work ok, but things with electronics will usually get fried.
April 22, 2018, 01:33 PM
IntrepidTraveler
50 vs. 60Hz is one issue. The other is voltage. If there's a heating element involved, and it's a coffee maker, so there's a good bet there is, it may not heat the water, or at least not very quickly.



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April 22, 2018, 02:08 PM
Sig Sauer Kraut
quote:
Originally posted by Aeteocles:
You need an adapter that converts both voltage and frequency--not just a an adapter that changes the shapes of the plug.


He should search for a “converter” and not an adapter. Anything called an adapter won’t convert the voltage.
April 22, 2018, 02:09 PM
zoom6zoom
what did the online vendor say when you contacted them?



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April 22, 2018, 05:16 PM
Pipe Smoker
Find the model number of your Senseo coffee maker, then google:

“Senseo <model number> specification”

to find the acceptable voltage and frequency ranges for power. If 110-120V at 60 Hz is in that range, then the simple plug adapter that I mentioned in my first post is all that you need.


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April 22, 2018, 05:21 PM
djpaintles
quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
Find the model number of your Senseo coffee maker, then google:

“Senseo <model number> specification”

to find the acceptable voltage and frequency ranges for power. If 110-120V at 60 Hz is in that range, then the simple plug adapter that I mentioned in my first post is all that you need.


Lots of electronics work just fine in Europe with just an adaptor change. Been there done that. You just need to be sure about the voltages. We all just bought new cords to plug into our laptop converters and nobody had any issues.


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April 22, 2018, 05:23 PM
18DAI
Thanks very much! The adapter Pipe Smoker suggested cured the problem. Much appreciated! Smile Regards 18DAI


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