electrical question

[traintravler]

Hi everyone,

Want to start off by giving everyone a thanks for all the people who have been doing this a while helping out the ones that are more inexperienced or lacking an answer. There is a wealth of experience overall here in the forus.

 Now, when I retire (here in 20 plus years), my wife and I will  probably retire to the Philippines. The power system is a bit different there then here in the US. I know when i build a layout here i wont be able to take it with me, but i know  can use things from it and build there.

Any suggetions on what to do? I was thinking of a power converter and a power strip, which is what I have used before with the friends I have there (or what they had), but noticed things like cell phones charged quicker and the charge seem not to last quite as long. 

 

Thanks for any input.

[cacole]

Model trains run on DC power, usually 12 to 14 Volts, so all you'll need is a power transformer to convert the electricity in the Phillippines to 110 Volts AC, or, if you're running DC block control and not DCC, a power pack made for the voltage used there.

[zstripe]

Sean,

This site should answer Your questions. Also what type Electrical wall plug they use:

http://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/philippines/

Take Care! 

Frank

[BroadwayLion]

Philipines is 240 volt 60 cycle, so a simple step down transformer will work for you. Most computers have a switch on the back between 110 and 220 volts, and do not care about the cycles. Laptops do not care what you plug them into, they will figure out what to do with the power on their own.

US military bases in the Philipines used US standards. I do not know if this still holds true since the military pulled out of the area.

You really should have no troubles with your model railroad, it does not care about cycles too much, but as I said, the PI is 60 cycle.

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[traintravler]

hi,

thanks everyone for the help.  I forgot to mention that it will be dc. I know everything is progressing to dcc though.

[rrebell]

traintravler

hi,

thanks everyone for the help.  I forgot to mention that it will be dc. I know everything is progressing to dcc though.

 

It will be dead rail by then, 20 years is a long time!!!!!!!!

[NittanyLion]

rrebell

 

 

traintravler

hi,

thanks everyone for the help.  I forgot to mention that it will be dc. I know everything is progressing to dcc though.

 

 

 

 

It will be dead rail by then, 20 years is a long time!!!!!!!!

 

 

I was going to say!  Planning for something twenty years in the future only works if you happen to be the Department of Defense and you're buying an aircraft carrier.

[GP-9_Man11786]

One thing you could do is acquire a power pack locally. It will run off the local power system but suppply the same power to the trains.