Hi everyone, I'm new here.
I recently bought a Japanese imported PS1 (model SCPH-5500) and I want to swap it's power supply with my old PAL PS1's PSU (model SCPH-7002). I've read that it's safe and that it works like a charm, but I really want to make sure. The Japanese PS1's power supply is 110v, The European PS1's power supply is 220v-240v, but I presume that both of these power supplies convert and output about 12 or 16 volts to the motherboard since on both motherboards I did not find capacitors with a higher voltage than 16. Both of these power supplies have 5-pinout connectors for the output. They're nearly identical aside from some minor differences like the Japanese one having a glass fuse rated 250V 2A and the European one having one of those white brick-ish fuses rated 250V 1.6 AH. The motherboards are different, the Japanese PS1 has a lot more components than the European one and a couple more capacitors, but overall they have the same connectors. I assume that both power supplies output the same amount of volts to the motherboard since the capacitors have identical voltage resistance, but I'm scared of trying it out. Please help me.
I recently bought a Japanese imported PS1 (model SCPH-5500) and I want to swap it's power supply with my old PAL PS1's PSU (model SCPH-7002). I've read that it's safe and that it works like a charm, but I really want to make sure. The Japanese PS1's power supply is 110v, The European PS1's power supply is 220v-240v, but I presume that both of these power supplies convert and output about 12 or 16 volts to the motherboard since on both motherboards I did not find capacitors with a higher voltage than 16. Both of these power supplies have 5-pinout connectors for the output. They're nearly identical aside from some minor differences like the Japanese one having a glass fuse rated 250V 2A and the European one having one of those white brick-ish fuses rated 250V 1.6 AH. The motherboards are different, the Japanese PS1 has a lot more components than the European one and a couple more capacitors, but overall they have the same connectors. I assume that both power supplies output the same amount of volts to the motherboard since the capacitors have identical voltage resistance, but I'm scared of trying it out. Please help me.
