Power Adaptors / Famicom Power Supply

[Doc]

Sometimes it does. Infact it did that for the first week. It worked fine later on.

[super56k]

Looks like you got this pretty much resolved. But the official Famicom adaptor should work just fine. What an adaptor does is take the voltage of the outlet and convert it into the proper voltage for the machine. So, in your case it would work just fine.

I don't know about the heating up of the Famicom. I've never played mine. I don't have a TV with channel 95 capability.

Yeah, I have it all set up and running.  Thank you for your time FamicomJL, and thank you for your input JC.  I may now start enjoying my wonderful FAMICOM.

[JC]

Ok...a question for anyone who knows...I've got this adaptor:

RINCO AC/DC ADAPTOR
Input: AC127V/220V-240V
  60 Hz 50 Hz
Adaptor for 3600
+ --- C --- -

The prongs are foreign, so I want to know if I can just use a NES or Famicom adaptor in it's place? This is for a new Famicom pirate system I got today.

[super56k]

Chances are, you can not use an NES adapter.  It outputs AC, and I can not  think of a single system that does not use DC but the NES.  I fried my real HVC-001 Famicom by trying an NES adapter.

---DO NOT USE IT---

[JC]

Hehe...so I tried a NES adaptor. The system powered up but I got a black screen with a thick white moving line through the middle. I don't know if that means trouble or that I just don't have the right AV connections or channel for it. I'll keep working with it.

[michaelthegreat]

Yeah, don't use your nes adaptor with anything other than a nes!  Most adaptors transform the electricity from AC to DC.  The nes adaptor takes the voltage down but still puts out AC.  But, on the other hand the nes is very resiliant and will take a lot of power adaptors...

Anypower adaptor that is not specifically made to work with both US and european adaptors will not work with both.  Europe uses 220 where the US and Japan uses 110.  You need a step down or step up adaptor to take 220 to 110 or 110 to 220. 

Your adaptor says it wants 220-240 for it's input.  Therefore, it will not work right in the US.  I don't see the output on what that adaptor puts out.  Does the system or the manual say what the system needs in volts and amps?    It does output negative on the center (that's what the +----C---- - means).  That definately does mean that it does not expect AC. 

If you're not worried about playing it safe, try a super nintendo adaptor.  At least then you're matching the center negative.

[JC]

The strange thing about the adaptor is that it has a little switch that changes it from 127V to 220V/240V. But the prongs are foreign. Would it be possible for me to set it to 127V and mod it so the prongs fit a US outlet -- or will everything just burst into flames?

[michaelthegreat]

I was kinda wondering why yours said 127 and I didn't pay too much attention to the 50 or 60 part.  Yeah if it's got a switch, you can try that with an adaptor plug.  I think it would work. Being underpowered is better than blowing it anyway.  Some countries actually use 127v--like mexico for instance.

[nes_pwnerer]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=007&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=170047101327&rd=1&rd=1

This is what I'm looking at.  I talked to the dude and he's a really nice guy.  Also, I am to understand there is some sort of device I need to step down the voltage or something for a NA outlet.  What is this and where can I pick one up?

[JC]

As far as I've understood, the Famicom adaptor, which is what's in the auction, will work with the Famicom in the US/Canada without any problems. No step-down needed.

[nes_pwnerer]

Ah, so that's where that went.  I've already tried using my FC w/ an NES adaptor with no signs of smoke/explotions/what-have-you, but getting the adaptor wouldn't hurt anyway I don't think...

[JC]

It's probably best to get the Famicom adaptor. I think the going rate is somewhere around $10-15 plus shipping. At least, I haven't seen one for less than that yet, but then again, I haven't been looking too hard.

[nes_pwnerer]

Sounds good then.  Good thing there's more than one night prowler around here; I'm busy for the rest of the week and would've been racking my brain about this the whole time.

[JC]

Haha. Yeah. I'm usually not up this late during the week! You got lucky. And it's usually about this time of night that a few of the other members check in.

[nes_pwnerer]

Excellent...