advice wanted please

[debbiedoodar]

HI, i hope you wont mind me posting on this forum, im not an electrician just a dizzy blonde looking for some advice.. I have been sent a singing xmas tree from america from a friend. it came with a black transformer type plug. I knew it wouldnt work with our plug sockets as it only has two pins as oposed to our three so i bought a travel adapter thinking this would work WRONG i now know from googling it that i should have used a volatge converter . my question is this.. the tree worked for a few moments then stopped and i could smell a slight smell of burning so i unplugged it immediatly. Does this mean the tree is now broken or would it be the adapter is broken. If i want to get the tree to work in the uk is there some sort of transformer/ voltage adapter i can buy to make the tree work, It says on the american transformwer type plug the following.. CLASS 2 TRANSFORMER, INPUT 120VAC 60HZ 110MA OUITPUT 6VDC 100MA . I hope some one can advise me please.

 

[tidyboiler]

The fact is, had she been born into a circus family, instead of a travelling fair family, she may have made a career as a snake charmer.

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[Silly Sausage]

Tidyboiler has a similar problem with the mouse board on her lappy. If she brushes her hand over it, the font size gets bigger.

Hahaha...you can see why Viz was written by Geordies! :smilielol5:

 

[nickblake]

that one way of heating the pool , alot of the power supplies for exmas light effects are electronic rather than transformers so its probably just the PSu as has been said new PSU with the correct polarity and all could be well the tree may well sing in a higher key , i do when i get a higher voltage than expected

 

[debbiedoodar]

Hi all, just a quick update, the plug came and i set it to 6 volts as thts what was on the old plug and hey presto it worked like magic !! thank you all so much i am going to have a very happy christmas come december. and if your wondering what all the fuss was about,, heres what the little fella looks like when working .. Dancing Douglas Fir Christmas Tree - YouTube THANK YOU

 

[telectrix]

and we wonder why the yanks buggered up in vietnam.

 

[Silly Sausage]

and we wonder why the yanks buggered up in vietnam.

I find it frightening that the US is the biggest Superpower in the world! :38:

 

[Geordie Spark]

I find it frightening that the US is the biggest Superpower in the world! :38:

I find it unbelievable that they managed to land men on the moon and bring them back home safely.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Hahaha...you can see why Viz was written by Geordies! :smilielol5:

We have a certain gift ......................... or is it a curse?? :juggle2: