Originally Posted by
Candace
I have a question for those of you with vintage machines from European manufacturers. I was interested in a machine via CL until I found out it was using a converter. I did some reading on them and I'm still uneasy about buying a machine that needs a converter to work here on our power. I passed on the machine as I would rather wait for one that was sold to the U.S. market and 110volts. Do any of you have machines that use converters and have there been any problems using one?
When stationed in Germany for six years we use converters to step down the 220v to 110v so we could use our American appliances including sewing machine. Never had a bit of problem. We also brought some 220v items back with us that use a converter to step 110v to 220v and never add a problem with them either. The diff is in Europe the voltage is 50 cycles instead of 60 like in the US. I would not hesitate to use a machine with a converter.
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