I will be moving to Taiwan at the end of December from Shanghai. I have a number of electric appliances that are not only useful but very thoughtfully chosen and shopped for (much better than average quality) till I found a better than average price. The problem is, all of them are 220v. I have been told that Taiwan uses 110 volts …I have found a few forums that have said that air conditioning units are usually 220v. Some of them are for cooking. Most of them have motors, though one is heat generating - I have one very large oven - 70 liters or more - that is 220v - it took me dozens of hours of Taobao shopping to find it. Some of them are for other aspects of life - I have a laminator that I use for making handouts and lesson materials for class.
With the exception of the oven, I do not use more than one of the appliances at one time.
I am sure that I can get an inverter to fix the situation - and help things out a little by bring a 220v ups, to clean the electricity up a bit. I was wondering, is it possible to get another 220v line installed in an apartment, if the a/c is also running on 220v? I will be living in Miaoli county.
AFAIK the standard domestic supply is actually a split-phase system as in the US, with two phases at 180 degrees relative to each other, 110V to ground. If you have a 220V appliance (eg., an aircon unit), you simply connect it across the two phases. If you have a 110V appliance, you connect between phase and ground. Any “水電” guy will be able to install a couple of extra 220V sockets for you. If you were to buy a large electric oven here in Taiwan, it would most likely be designed for 220V.
I have a few 220V appliances that I run off a very large transformer - but that’s only because I happened to have one lying around, and I like the isolation.
The only problem you’re likely to have is the plug itself, which is American-style with keyed pins (NEMA 6-20?).
You don’t need an inverter or a power stabiliser, and certainly not for heating appliances. This is Taiwan, not Burundi
Thanks! By heating, I mean an “cooking” as in oven, cheesecake, roast Chicken, etc. My lamintor is also heat producing (as opposed to be an electronic device) but it is only 500 watts or so. The oven is 2,500 watts. Does anyone know of a website in Taiwan that sells ovens? This one is larger than the ones sold in supermarkets, by about 75%.
We’ve got a couple threads on ovens; I recommend running a search by thread titles and reading those, then if you still have a question on ovens or want more recent info, post over there.
I can’t see any problem with that - it’s only 11A at 220V (I think the standard sockets are rated for 20A; 15A at least).
You shouldn’t need to buy a new one unless the shipping costs are prohibitive … which I imagine they might be!
…I have found a few forums that have said that air conditioning units are usually 220v. Some of them are for cooking. Most of them have motors, though one is heat generating - I have one very large oven - 70 liters or more - that is 220v - it took me dozens of hours of Taobao shopping to find it. Some of them are for other aspects of life - I have a laminator that I use for making handouts and lesson materials for class.