I forget does the Wii U have the brick on the device or on the wire? You can also use converter that uses a fuse, usually that fuse blows out before anything else.
mZuzek said:
On the wire. Still, I guess it really shouldn't be a problem. I asked a fellow Smasher from a 220v city and he said it works fine just how it says on the internet. (I'm still afraid, though) |
Usually the worse case is that brick becomes useless, what happened to early 360 wire I used, nothing to the console.
| mZuzek said: Um, yes I know that title is a bit confusing. It's about people who own the American Wii U but live somewhere else. About the question... let's go straight to the point. I live in Brazil and own an American Wii U. It's voltage is supposedly strictly 110v, which isn't a problem because that's the standard in the city I live. However, I'm going to travel when Breath of the Wild releases to play the game with a friend, but where he lives the standard is 220v and we'd have to buy some adapter thing, which neither of us wants to do. However, I've read that apparently the Wii U is actually bivolt despite claiming to be only 110v. After looking into it a bit more, I only seem to find more people saying it works on 220v, and no one as of yet saying it doesn't. Because of that, I should be sure about it being true, but obviously when it comes to something like this, I'm naturally going to be scared of actually doing it. So I'm asking here, because it's where there's people I "know". Has anyone done this? Does it really work? Do I have no reason to be worried? |
better to be safe than sorry. I've lived in PH, and brought my Wii U (US). I was there for a year or so, then brought back my WiiU here to the US. I've bought a few transformers/converters since some of the electronics I have are 110V (bought from US) and the voltage there is 220V~240V.
but yeah, I've plugged the Wii U directly to a 220V there. It didn't cause any issues. My Samsung Bluray though got wacked, since I've forgot to plugged to the transformer.
Where I live is 110V and I went to a place that had double the voltage
I tried charging my 3DS with an adapter but all that happened was nothing. (It works for universal plugins at hotels and on the plane though) Just didn't charge so nothing got fried, can't say it would be the same for the Wii U, but I highly doubt it would be the worst case
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| mZuzek said: Um, yes I know that title is a bit confusing. It's about people who own the American Wii U but live somewhere else. About the question... let's go straight to the point. I live in Brazil and own an American Wii U. It's voltage is supposedly strictly 110v, which isn't a problem because that's the standard in the city I live. However, I'm going to travel when Breath of the Wild releases to play the game with a friend, but where he lives the standard is 220v and we'd have to buy some adapter thing, which neither of us wants to do. However, I've read that apparently the Wii U is actually bivolt despite claiming to be only 110v. After looking into it a bit more, I only seem to find more people saying it works on 220v, and no one as of yet saying it doesn't. Because of that, I should be sure about it being true, but obviously when it comes to something like this, I'm naturally going to be scared of actually doing it. So I'm asking here, because it's where there's people I "know". Has anyone done this? Does it really work? Do I have no reason to be worried? |
i live in sao jose dos campos - sao paulo and here's 220v, I've always used my Wii U in a stabilizer since I bought it in the USA on a trip.
mZuzek said:
I'd tell you to throw that stabilizer away since all signs point to the Wii U being actually bivolt, but then again, why would you risk it if you're already on a comfortable position with that? Anyways, I think it'll do fine. I'll find somewhere to test it on 220v, and based on all the evidence, it's probably going to work just fine (in any case if it doesn't, at least I got a couple of weeks before the game's release to try and find a solution). |
Nothing to care about it, my room has a lot of plug in so it's easier to organize. I used it since 2013 when I bought it and I never had a problem.
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Just look on the back of the Wii U AC adapter under the point "input", then you have your answer. If it says 100-240V you're good.
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