100v rice cooker used in the UK

[chaylins]

Hello all,

I just recently bought a rice cooker under the assumption that most modern electrical appliances support a range of voltages and as such can be used everywhere, so when I bought my rice cooker plugged it in and saw it worked only to come back an hour later to see it could not be turned on, you can imagine my dismay seeing as I had to lug this thing all the way from japan!!!

So, after checking in the manual and the appliance itself I could only find references to 100v and nothing higher - has the rice cooker had it then? Or will buying a step down transformer solve my woes?

Thanks in advance for your advice !

Craig

 

[Spark123]

Sounds like you have knackered it!

A step down transformer would have probably done the job but if it runs continuously you need to ensure that the transformer is rated as so.

 

[EdwardCurrent]

As 123 has said, you may have 'fried it', (the cooker, not the rice, (as yet).


Ed

 

[securespark]

What does it say on the ratings plate/sticker/moulding?

There should be a marking of the voltage range it is designed to operate within, plus an indication of power consumption usually in watts.

 

[Steve]

I just recently bought a rice cooker under the assumption that most modern electrical appliances support a range of voltages and as such can be used everywhere,

MOST electronic appliances - by which we mean such as computers, TVs, things which have power packs, transformers etc built into them. Being relatively low consumption they can create power supplies that will even out any voltage to the voltage required at the low power.

Things like kettles and mixers etc, have motors and elements that run directly on mains, and dont contain universal power supplies.

If in doubt the ratings plate willl show the voltage it can be run on. For example my laptop PSU says "100-250V~ 50-60Hz"

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Craig - just be grateful that the result was only a broken appliance, and not a fire.

 

[17thman]

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Yeah - there is also the fact that rice cookers are a waste of space.

• You still have to wash the rice.
• You still have to get the measurements of rice & water right.
• It still takes the same amount of time to cook the rice.

Unless you can't tell the time, or you regularly want to keep a large amount of cooked rice warm for a buffet, they are completely pointless.

 

[Stoday]

Whoever cooks rice and peas in the same saucepan is unhygenic.