A Canadian Getting A Famicom Twin Needs Help

[okame]

I'm getting a Famicom Twin with the original Japanese Famicom twin power adapter for x-mas from someone on this blog. I'm hoping it gets here before the 24th of next month. I don't have a step down converter, and the electronic stores around here don't seem to know what I'm talking about.

Are there any Canadian retro gamers out there that have a Famicom Twin system that can tell me if Best Buy would have them? I'm not near one, but I might be going to visit my sister in law in a city that does. If not, are there any big electronic stores within Canada with websites that could sell me one?

Buying anything from the US (or anywhere else, for that matter) and waiting for it in New Brunswick takes about a month, as for some strange reason, the mail gets stuck in Quebec for 3 weeks! If I ordered something on eBay, my Famicom Twin would probably get here first!
I wanted it by x-mas, but if I waited for the step down converter, I might not get to use it until the beginning of next year!

I've heard that as long as I unplug my system if the adapter gets too hot, I should be okay, but what if I'm playing a game for a while, and get too distracted to check to see if it's starting to overheat? Could someone please tell me if there's a way to play a Famicom Twin for a few hours without getting paranoid?

[Rosser]

did you really need two threads about the same thing?? :- :-
Post Merge: November 25, 2012, 06:01:54 pm
Stepdown from 220v  have to be decently common in Canada being so close to the states. stepdown to 110V that is.

Stepdown to 100v would be difficult to find but you will be fine with 110v 

[okame]

Just checked Wikipedia last night. Their pop culture and historical stuff is suspect, but dry subjects like worldwide outlet voltage are pretty exact, so I trust that info.  Apparently, Canada is 110, just like the states, but I's still feel safer getting a step down converter to prevent my Famicom Twin from overheating. Found one online. question is, will it get here before x-mas if I order this week? The site I'm getting it from has a Quebec warehouse, so hopefully, that's a good sign, since New Brunswick is 'right next door', according to my dad.

[2A03]

Just checked Wikipedia last night. Their pop culture and historical stuff is suspect, but dry subjects like worldwide outlet voltage are pretty exact, so I trust that info.  Apparently, Canada is 110, just like the states, but I's still feel safer getting a step down converter to prevent my Famicom Twin from overheating. Found one online. question is, will it get here before x-mas if I order this week? The site I'm getting it from has a Quebec warehouse, so hopefully, that's a good sign, since New Brunswick is 'right next door', according to my dad.

You don't need a converter, plugging it straight into the wall will work perfectly fine. I've used Japanese power supplies for years and never had an issue.

[satoshi_matrix]

Apparently, Canada is 110, just like the states, but I's still feel safer getting a step down converter to prevent my Famicom Twin from overheating.

I can appreciate that you'd rather be safe than sorry, but no, dude. The difference between 100v, 110v, and 120v is negligible.  A 100v power supply working off 120v will not abnormally heat up. I live in Ontario and owned a Twin for years. You do NOT have anything worry about. The Twin's power supply shouldnt ever be something to give you problems with, assuming it's the right one and not some cheap knock off from China or something. You have nothing to worry about. You do NOT need a step down converter of any kind.

[famifan]

ehm... according to some electrical power supply and distribution standards (which maybe a little different in your country) the input voltage tolerance should be at least +/-10%. And all produced devices should perfectly work in that conditions.
So 90<-100->110 => 100<-110->120 is okay and highly preferable to PSU. Do not worry

[satoshi_matrix]

This rule applies the other way around too - North American electronics will work just fine with Japan 100v. You can freely import any Japanese device and expect it to work in North America.

In fact, NTSC-J and NTSC-U are also interchangeable.