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helahan_4681 · ‎08-27-2021

Selling other plug types such as UK / EU in addition to US plug type when selling electrical item to our US buyers. Do buyers avoid buying these items because they do not have a US plug?

friskya · ‎08-27-2021

It's not just the plug type. There's also the difference in electric provisioning. Here in the U.S. it's 120V, where in the U.K. and most E.U. countries, it's 240V.

Most appliances are incompatible without a transformer.

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kensgiftshop · ‎08-27-2021

@helahan_4681

They would be kind of worthless if you bought them in the US and couldn't plug it in.

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gracieallen01 · ‎08-27-2021

Quite probably a major reason for avoiding buying them. What would they do with them? No place in the US to plug them in because they wouldn't work. Only if someone were travelling would they need or want one.

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lacemaker3 · ‎08-27-2021

@helahan_4681 wrote:
Selling other plug types such as UK / EU in addition to US plug type when selling electrical item to our US buyers. Do buyers avoid buying these items because they do not have a US plug?

If you are selling electrical items on eBay USA to USA buyers, then they need to have the correct electrical system AND plug to work with the USA electrical system. Most US buyers will assume that if you are selling an electrical item on eBay USA, in US dollars, that it will be the correct version to work in the USA. If it doesn't, they will file a Not as Described dispute, and you will have pay for a refund and return shipping.

Something that was designed for a 230V power supply (as in Sri Lanka), won't work if it's plugged into the USA power system, even with the right plug, but it will only be getting 120V.

Something that was designed for a 120V power supply (as in the USA), won't work if it's plugged into the Sri Lankan power system, even with the right plug, because it will get 230V and it will get fried, and possibly start a fire.

monster-deals · ‎08-27-2021

@kensgiftshop wrote:
@helahan_4681

They would be kind of worthless if you bought them in the US and couldn't plug it in.

Adapters.

I bought a Bayern Munich waffle maker and use an adapter on it.

dbfolks166mt · ‎08-27-2021

Others have described the voltage issue but in reality US homes have 240 60hz power coming into every home although it is often still referred to as 220. It travels via three wires two of which carry 120 Volts and a ground or neutral. The two 120 volt lines run to two independent buss bars in a breaker box. The outlets installed in the home can be either 120 volt also called 110 or 240 v also called 220. Things like air conditioners, electric dryers and electric car charging stations utilize 240 volt outlets. Most appliances and electronics are 120v.

US buyers could purchase 240 volt electrical devices and utilize a 240 volt outlet but nobody is going to go to the trouble to install separate 240 outlets to operate foreign devices. Almost all electrical items manufactured in or by US companies are designed to run on 120/240 volt 50/60hz power and can be used in most foreign countries with a simple globetrotter plug adapter kit, see picture. I used to travel a lot and had a couple of these kits. Never burned up any device or had a problem running US electrical items on foreign power in any country. as long as they were 120/240 and 50/60hz rated devices.

An interesting thing about running a 60hz clock on 50hz power is the clock will loose 12 minutes every hour.