WTB - stepdown converters, 300W or 350W

[ckong]

I need a bunch of them. Yes, they are readily available on ebay etc., but prices are skyhigh (it seems to me that these things are much more expensive than a few years ago) and/or shipping is a killer.

If someone has some available, or can point me to a European store with reasonable prices, that would be great. 

(I could of course also use transformers, but converters give me more flexibility and are easier to ´built in´.)

[Belike]

110V to 220?

[Etienne MacGyver]

http://www.allekabels.nl/230_volt/omvormer/230-naar-110-volt.html

[Luigi]

I bought two of these from Arcadeshop.de, but they're out of stock.



Search for mw2p300.

Here are others sources:

http://www.thiecom.de/mw2p300.html
http://www.ebay.de/itm/US-Spannungswandler-300-Watt-MW2P300-Anschluss-US-Geraeten-/160733256535

[Etienne MacGyver]

if you have a row of 110 volt games, you could take a powerstrip and connect 5 games to one 1000W converter.

That is 26€ per game 

Take this, and its also funky looking :-)

[Muerto]

Apropos, my kid brother gave me an 2000w 230->110v a few years back, I guess i can plug 12+ games to that one without any problem...
But I would go for the 1000w if i where you!

[ckong]

Ouch, still so expensive. The powestrip is a good idea, not one for 5 games though, but for two as I want to be able to power the games per pair.

And I found this useful table on KLOV, which tells me that in my case 150W converters will do. http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=149845

It lists 5 of the 7 games for which I need a converter, all around 110W.

So, it seems that I have two options, buy the much cheaper 150W converters or buy the 300W and connect two games on them.  

@Muerto, 1000W is overkill, for the reason that I want max two games per outlet.

@Luigi, thanks for the link, could be usefull.

[Muerto]

@Muerto, 1000W is overkill, for the reason that I want max two games per outlet.

Youre right about that, though, you could still pair the games, and run it from the 1000w, 5 on/off switches with 2 games on each switch...?!

[Q*ris]

I have the one that Luigi recommends, bought it from an old audio-video shop in my village.
The box was covered in dust and the seller really proud to find it back

I also need more than one, what do you mean by "1000w is overkill"?

[anunaki]

interesting, I need one too for my upcoming DK cab.

[level42]

Did you investigate if you could internally switch them over to 230VAC first ?

[ckong]

Did you investigate if you could internally switch them over to 230VAC first ?

Yes, I did. There is one that can be moved to 230VAC.

[level42]

Did you investigate if you could internally switch them over to 230VAC first ?

Yes, I did. There is one that can be moved to 230VAC.

One fixed

Which are the one's that can't be converted. I guess Ms.Pac is one of them ? Pac too I guess.
Some of the US machines don't have the right transformer and then you're indeed depending on a step-down...

[ckong]

I bought two of these from Arcadeshop.de, but they're out of stock.



Search for mw2p300.

Here are others sources:

http://www.thiecom.de/mw2p300.html
http://www.ebay.de/itm/US-Spannungswandler-300-Watt-MW2P300-Anschluss-US-Geraeten-/160733256535

Thanks for the link, I received 7 of them today from Thiecom. Enough for all my games.

..... at least I thought. I just opened one of the boxes and out came a totally other transformer, brandless with type ST-300, instead of a MW2P300   

Hopefully just a mistake and I already contacted Thiecom.

[Q*ris]

For those who might be interested: I just found a stepdown nest in Belgium.
Nice price and the shipping to my place for 5 of them (=19Kg) was only 4€!
http://www.bbiff.com/?221,mw2p300
They also seem to have nice price on the rest of their electronic parts/tools.