PCE Duo R psu in US?
PCE Duo R psu in US?
I ordered a boxed/modded PCE Duo R console from Japan. It comes with the original NEC power supply, but the seller said to use a power supply from a US PSone/PS2 slim/Genesis 2 since I'm in the US. What is the safest psu to use? What do you guys (in the US) use on your Duo/Duo R's?
Re: PCE Duo R psu in US?
SaturnHST wrote:I ordered a boxed/modded PCE Duo R console from Japan. It comes with the original NEC power supply, but the seller said to use a power supply from a US PSone/PS2 slim/Genesis 2 since I'm in the US. What is the safest psu to use? What do you guys (in the US) use on your Duo/Duo R's?
Just use the Duo-R PSU. The Japanese and North American power is very close (100v to 115v). You can use a Japanese PSU in N.A. with no problems.
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Re: PCE Duo R psu in US?
I suggest buying the Duo R one when this guy gets them back in stock.
http://www.retrogamecave.com/ac-adapters.html
These AC adapters are modern advanced transformers that can handle 100V to 220V power and still output a clean 9VDC to the PC Engine. In the end all the PC Engine cares about is getting 9VDC, it doesn't matter from where it comes. Using the Japanese brick that is only designed for 100V will result in the PC Engine getting more than 9VDC, and it will run hotter as a result. I know this from personal experience. This may or may not cause issues in the long term. I would reccoomend getting the brick I pointed you to.
http://www.retrogamecave.com/ac-adapters.html
These AC adapters are modern advanced transformers that can handle 100V to 220V power and still output a clean 9VDC to the PC Engine. In the end all the PC Engine cares about is getting 9VDC, it doesn't matter from where it comes. Using the Japanese brick that is only designed for 100V will result in the PC Engine getting more than 9VDC, and it will run hotter as a result. I know this from personal experience. This may or may not cause issues in the long term. I would reccoomend getting the brick I pointed you to.