Does anyone know of any place in Ontario where we can get voltage converters, we are bringing home numerous electrical items, high voltage items...2 x tv, dysons, food processor so we need more then one.
Or does anyone have one they want to sell? as they do not need it any more.

Might be cheaper to buy before you go? You can get them quite cheaply on ebay at the moment and also places like this:

http://www.roamingfox.co.uk/Voltage-...-pr-16193.html

We have looked on ebay, most are for Canada-UK, we need other way round. We did find a place in TO but the shipping is extortionate!! so I have asked if they would allow pick up. But in our area where I come from there is NO place that sells vc's! which is annoying as many people ship things to another country.
We are taking a container as it will be cheaper then having to buy everything from scratch. We have done the pricing thing and I know how expensive things are at home. I do not do Walmart furniture! so for us shipping is more economical

Did a quick search and found these people....
http://www.beststuff.co.uk/voltage_conversion.htm
Some of there converters step up to 240v from 110v.
They have small units to power individual items, but more interestingly they also do a big unit (10kw) which could be hardwired into the house to give you both 110v and 240v sockets around the place rather than having to plug converters in all the time.http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...lies/smile.gif

Not a good idea to leave a 10kW transformer energised all the the time - it will use approx 200W to keep it magnatised. Use lots of smaller devices suitable for the power you require. Try these guys:-
http://www.voltageconverters.com

thanks for the web sites, some of them we have seen and checked the prices.

Now we need to convert Pal tv to NTSC!

For what it's worth, most people I have talked to would have left electrical goods behind (sell them, give them to friends, or donate to a welfare group/charity shop) rather than try voltage transformers.

If you bring them and then find voltage transformers bulky or impractical, or the equipment doesn't work for other reasons (different cycle, etc), it's impossible to sell or dispose of them (other than recycling) if they are the "wrong" voltage.

yes we are fully aware of that, but we already have decided to take a full container, so if tv doesn't work we will have to get a new one....chance we have to take..it's just this tv is only 9 months old and in Canada is over $2000 to replace, so if there is any chance it will work then we are willing to try.

See: http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Compat...f_Goods-Canada

Have you researched if the TV will work in Canada? Check with manufacturer, etc?

As for the other items you mention, you may wish to reconsider bringing them.

funny you mention the tv, I actually called the manufactor yesterday asking if we can use in Canada, the young man on phone said he would research it, speak to a techi and call us back tomorrow, he said he didn't want to give us duff info...if they say it will not work...we will sell it and have to suck it up and pay for new one at home.
We know our bedroom tv will convert as it has the ntsc/pal button on back

I notice that they are selling the same brands "powerbright" and "Tacima" might be worth a quick search on froggle or other simular price comparision sites.

yes we are fully aware of that, but we already have decided to take a full container, so if tv doesn't work we will have to get a new one....chance we have to take..it's just this tv is only 9 months old and in Canada is over $2000 to replace, so if there is any chance it will work then we are willing to try.

I don't know what brand/size of TV you have but generally they are cheaper in Canada. Go to her to get some idea of prices:-

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/dept.a...en&catid=21344

I was in this place yesterday, the North York outlet on Sheppard:

http://www.techsourcecanada.ca/store/index.php

They had a pile of voltage convertors sitting in the store.

They have other locations around TO.

Standard warehouse/outlet place. Lots of cheap stuff. No warranties. Good price for cash with no receipt

Usually convertors (the ones I have anyway) will work either way, you just change the plug and a connector.

nothing on their website:-(

Still, why buy a new one when you have a good one already. If the TV is fairly new then it might not even have a manual pal/ntsc setting. Even my old sony CRT from 2002 doesn't have one - it just detects it automatically.

It's only tv's in north america that are ntsc only for some reason.