German Tunze voltages?

[dukecola]

Ok, I have a close friend, actually a German who we hosted for a year as an exchange student. She lives in Germany and want to buy me something for my 50th birthday. Immediately I tohught TUNZE (and VW) but Tunze is prob more in here price range. So my question is, if I had her pick me up a nanostream, would I be able to use a German model here in the US? I'm asuming I would need a voltage convertor ofr something, correct?

 

[green_frogspawn]

yes the voltage in germany is 220-240, so i think you will need a voltage converter... you can get one for pretty cheap on ebay or something like that

 

[Bryan]

Voltage is 220 in Germany but the frequency is 50hz vs North America 60 hz. You can use a voltage converter, but this does nothing for the frequency. If it is a AC pump 6060 or 6080 I think you will have problems, if the pump setup is DC 6100 etc you may be ok.

 

[rvitko]

As Bryan said, the Hz are critical to motors, it is what sets the speed they spin at 50 hz = 3000rpm and 60Hz = 3600 rpm and they have different impellers and coils built for these hz frequencies. The motors will not work well or only for a short period of time.

 

[Bryan]

Roger:

You should still be able to use the DC pumps using the voltage converter I would think. The AC is converted to DC before it reaches the contollers/pumps etc, so the frequency isn't a issue just the voltage.

 

[rvitko]

That is correct, you would just need the US version of the power supply.

 

[Krazy]

So whats the verdict on this ?

With a power converter the 6100/6200 are OK to use ?

I have a cousin in germany, hmmmmmmm

haha

 

[rvitko]

With the US transformer a 6100 or 6200 is OK to use. They are actually cheaper in the states due to the exchange rate being set at a 1.27 to the Euro which is actually worth about $1.38 at the present. You will also have to send it back to Germany for warranty service, if sent to me, parts would be free but labor and shipping charges would apply.