Bongo Fury

Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas of how to heat a Bongo using the 110v power supply that comes with the factory fitted kitchens. I tried looking for a 110v oil filled radiator but coudnt find one.

Any ideas would be lovely!

Thanks

How are you getting 100V in the first place?

lug around a site transformer in the back if the bongo.lol

I purchased a 240v to 110v stepdown transformer from Maplins. I then plug the bongo hook up lead into it and then into the Bongo power supply input. This i guess gives you 110v power from the plug sockets within the bongo.

That is why i want to find a 110v heater which i can just fit a US style plug onto then plug in and heat up the Bongo!

OK, here are my thoughts on this.

If your step-down transformer is an auto-transformer then it is totally NOT SAFE to use the USA/Nippon type of plugs and sockets.

It is still NOT SAFE to use USA/Nippon plugs/sockets even if the transformer you have is an isolating type.

I won't go into the elecro-technicalities, you will have to take my word for it.

Setting aside any safety considerations (just for illustration), as you have 240V available then you should be using that for your heater.

It has to be a very big transformer indeed to cope with any heating appliance.

Crack, nut, sledgehammer comes into this.

By all means use your fully isolated, double wound double screened 240V transformer to produce 100V for whatever is in your kitchen cube or battery charger but for ANYTHING & EVERYTHING ELSE you should be using UK standard sockets/plugs/appliances.

I am sure that I will be backed up by others on this one.

Absolutely! Electricity is not something to be messed with. It can bite, big time.

Use the 240volt mains to power a small radiator, and make sure you have an RCD trip in the circuit.