voltage help

[madkitty]

can anyone tell me if my UK GHD's at 240v will be useless in the US?

 

[kimmy]

it should be fine, just check the voltage on the socket before use

 

[madkitty]

Im just concerned that with the voltage in the US being 110/120v they just wont heat up as there isnt enough power for them?

 

[Kisbee]

I wouldn't use them in the States...I can't remember why, but my boy worked out a good theory.

Anyways, you might be better off getting a pair of gas powered ones if you're travelling. I ended up buying a pair in the US because we go there so often (my parents live there).

 

[as_cute_as_pie]

dont
i read somewhere that its not advised
i took mine to greece and they just would not work though my friends did took mine home and they wouldnt work (this is after 2 years of being fine) then did again after a fiddle lol and a few months later theyve eventually packed in lol

 

[user79]

You would need to get a converter from the electric store, but since it is a heating tool, you actually need one that is over the limit that's usually written on there. I had the opposite problem, I brough my Canadian 115V to Switzerland (220V) and the power was too much there. So yeah, it probably will not heat to the correct level. It's very annoying. I now have 2 hairdryers and 2 straighteners that I can use in N. America and in Europe.

For future, you may want to ask when you guy en electronic device for the INTERNATIONAL version, which usually has a built in converter/transformer that will let you use it for both 220V and 115V. They are usually a bit more expensive though.