Men's hair clippers are not something one should attempt to use at a different rate of cycles from that for which they were designed. I was sent from Canada to Amsterdam for a two week job which turned into three months (a fantastic turn of events!), during that time I needed a haircut and, upon seeing the price of a #1 in the Jourdan, I bought a set of clippers. The clippers worked well in the Netherlands so I naively brought them back to Canada where they worked but at 50, not 60, cycles (or the other way around, whichever it is). The difference between the cycle rates translates into a fast cutting action becoming a slow plucking action; don't do this to yourself or your children. A set of clippers good enough for dogs and men is about $100, a really good one that will also do horses and cows is only $200.

Incidentally, the cycle difference also makes records play at the wrong speed; everything sounds as if it's being played in Amsterdam late at night.

....it definitely sounds like you are gonna be living in a barn within two months

You may mock but competitive cow grooming is a serious business requiring very high quality clippers and special vacuums. You can't just chop off a cow's hair like it's on the head of some office worker; it has to lay neatly, it has to be cut so as to highlight the distinguishing features of the particular cow, it's an art. And that's without even getting into braiding and tail extensions.

Go to the Royal Winter Fair, take a look (I first wrote "have a butcher's" but thought the better of that). Cows in Toronto are infinitely better groomed than men in Toronto.

Thats what we intend to do for the kids videos and DVD's. Our plasma TV is compatible with PAL and NSTC 110/240V 50/60Hz so that will be coming with us. I will also be taking a Bose Hifi that will only require a new adapter which I should be able to get in Canada or the States.

A few Lamps will be coming with us and it should be no problem re-wiring them for the North American supplies.

A few good sites for sockets & domestic supply information etc:-

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu...ic/hsehld.html

http://freespace.virgin.net/john.cle...ult/compat.htm

http://users.pandora.be/worldstandar...city.htm#plugs

Dear God!

You guys have touched the basics of conversion.

Basically any electronic devise will work regardless of how many volts it recieves.

What you need to worry about is any electrical equipment which has a watt rating i.e. 60W.
The wattage is the power required to operate the devise I.E. a motor to power hair clippers. Motors need a lot of power and therefore it will be much harder to convert this type of devise As the power in canadian electronics is less.

Also you touched upon frequencies:
Typically t.v's, computers and video equipment.
These devices may not work on a canadaian supply. But most should now be compatible

Look out for ~<----- this symbol if it says both 50 and 60 on here it will be compatible.

This post is extremly difficult to write as obviously it can become technical. if you have manuals for any of your electronics read them and just look out for the 2 catagories above these are generally the things that will mean the device is compatale or not.

Most electronics need assessing but if it is just a lamp then all you need is a different plug (possibly different light holder).

It is so. And I'm writing this from the Boystown neighbourhood.

My TV, bought less than 2 years ago here in the UK is dual standard, (NTSC & PAL) we will be getting a new TV over there, but this one is only 2 years old and we would like to bring it with us for use in a bedroom or wherever.

I can play North American Tapes, DVDs & games on it as it stands now, and I know I will have to get a step up converter to actually power it, but can anyone tell me if I will have probs hooking it up to a Canadian cable system, It's Inputs are SCART & RF, I know SCART will be useless, but hoping that I can plug in digital cable through the RF connection? I did have digital cable hooked into my PC's video capture card via the RF when I was in Canada before so I think I can just do the same thing with this TV.

No offence bud, but I'm not that dumb!!!

I just wanted to see if I could get it powered up, which I did! ... now I can decide on a transformer, or if it's not economical (unless I had a couple more electrical items shipped over) ... I will pursue buying a Canadian set for around $60.

I used to show dogs in the UK, and quite often it would be in conjunction with some sort of country fair thingy. I always felt sorry for people trying to show cows / sheep etc, cos the things would always look bathed, brushed, clean and tidy.....and then proceed to crap down its own leg

Well, I am, I brought the clippers back without thinking of the spin rate being different.

The Royal is a strange business. Kids spent hours getting their cows ready, turning them into four legged JoBenets, the cows and kids even sleep in a heap on the floor and then once the cows are judged they're hauled off to be meat. It all seems a bit sad.

Hi
Not 100% sure, but our stuff works by using the small A/V ? outputs from the dvd to the TV.
The three small coloured plugs between the two units ( red/green/yellow?)
maybe using the signal thro' a shaw cable box or putting it thro' a vcr may work ?
Cheers
Jerry

Jerry, all your electrical appliances "WILL" work in australia, all items from TV, Video,DVD, fridges electrical hand tools so dont worry just bring the lot.

Arthur

Dear Lees147
As you seem very knowledgeable about these things, perhaps you could help me with a dumb question? I've just taken delivery of a 1500 watt converter. I know that my hair irons need 1200 watts (5amp x 240volts). It is a step up/step down and has 2 settings. So If I'm in Canada, and plug in my 240 volt hair irons into the converter and the converter into the 110 volt socket, I would have the converter switched to 110? Is that correct...the instructions were very confusing, and I'm staying with a friend and don't want to burn his house down!!!
Would appreciate your advice!
Sally