Guest johndrake939393@gmail.com Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Hello, I purchased a Seagate Freeagent Desktop in Europe (Sweden), a 250 gb, and I would like to safely access the data already stored on the drive in North America, specifically Canada. The voltage in Europe was 220v, the voltage in Canada is 110v. I own a voltage converter that's safe for up to 50 w, and I have an adapter plug to use the European adapter plug in a North American outlet. However, the bundled adapter from Seagate bought in Europe says it's rated for 110/220v. How I safely access the data on the drive in North America? Does the Seagate adapter already have a converter/transformer built in? And all I need to do is use the adapter plug ? Or should I plug in the adapter from Seagate into the adapter plug and then into the voltage converter? Anyone who has done this before and uses the drive from overseas safely, is preferred. I contacted Seagate (18007324283) and forget it. The India call center doesn't know anything, and I waited 1 hour. I went into a live chat session with Seagate afterwards, and there was no improvement. Thank-you !
Guest Bob I Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: Safely Access Seagate Freeagent data from Europe Sorry, Microsoft isn't in charge of Seagate's tech support centers. johndrake939393@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > I purchased a Seagate Freeagent Desktop in Europe (Sweden), a 250 gb, > and I would > like to safely access the data already stored on the drive in North > America, specifically > Canada. The voltage in Europe was 220v, the voltage in Canada is > 110v. I own a voltage > converter that's safe for up to 50 w, and I have an adapter plug to > use the European adapter > plug in a North American outlet. However, the bundled adapter from > Seagate bought in Europe > says it's rated for 110/220v. > > How I safely access the data on the drive in North America? Does the > Seagate adapter > already have a converter/transformer built in? And all I need to do > is use the adapter plug ? > > Or should I plug in the adapter from Seagate into the adapter plug and > then into the voltage > converter? > > Anyone who has done this before and uses the drive from overseas > safely, is preferred. > > I contacted Seagate (18007324283) and forget it. The India call > center doesn't know anything, > and I waited 1 hour. I went into a live chat session with Seagate > afterwards, and there was no > improvement. > > Thank-you ! >
Guest Paul Randall Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: Safely Access Seagate Freeagent data from Europe I would crosspost this question in a number of M$ hardware newsgroups. I think you would have to experiment a little. Measure the open circuit output voltage when plugged into 110 and 220V. I realize the voltage under load will likely be somewhat less. If the output voltage is about the same for both input voltages, then I think it is safe for use on 110. -Paul <johndrake939393@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1186425170.811395.125770@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... > Hello, > > I purchased a Seagate Freeagent Desktop in Europe (Sweden), a 250 gb, > and I would > like to safely access the data already stored on the drive in North > America, specifically > Canada. The voltage in Europe was 220v, the voltage in Canada is > 110v. I own a voltage > converter that's safe for up to 50 w, and I have an adapter plug to > use the European adapter > plug in a North American outlet. However, the bundled adapter from > Seagate bought in Europe > says it's rated for 110/220v. > > How I safely access the data on the drive in North America? Does the > Seagate adapter > already have a converter/transformer built in? And all I need to do > is use the adapter plug ? > > Or should I plug in the adapter from Seagate into the adapter plug and > then into the voltage > converter? > > Anyone who has done this before and uses the drive from overseas > safely, is preferred. > > I contacted Seagate (18007324283) and forget it. The India call > center doesn't know anything, > and I waited 1 hour. I went into a live chat session with Seagate > afterwards, and there was no > improvement. > > Thank-you ! >
Guest ExcelNovice Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: Safely Access Seagate Freeagent data from Europe Hi, Its quite okay to just use the adapter in the outlet. I travel a lot and most of my adapters are dual voltage nowadays.
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