I originally asked about this on a wacom forum, but I realized this is more a general electronic question than about the device itself.
I bought a cintiq 21ux recently, (basically a very expensive drawing tablet). Long story short - it unfortunately has a European plug, labeled 250V/16A
I went out to buy a European to US plug adapter, because the cintiq itself is able to automatically convert from 250 to 120V; however I never checked the details of the plug adapter til I got home; it says 250V/10A
THEN I checked my circuit breaker box, for outlets it says 15A; the extension cord in my room says 15A max. (sighs)
I'm wondering if the three of these are at all compatible in some way? [[EDIT: by that I mean, the possibility of buying a different plug converter is open for this to be true!]] For some reason I thought you had to match amps of an appliance to the circuit breaker amps, otherwise it wouldn't work for whatever reason, but I'm REALLY new to this stuff. ....
Well, most of all, it comes down to: will it be possible/PRACTICAL to use my cintiq in my apartment? (I think a transformer is a possibility to make it work for 3 hours at a time, but I could never have the patience for that) or am I better off with the american version, which will involve a lot of work for me to obtain (but no need for an adapter)?
Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask - I saw "circuit help" and just jumped here..
I bought a cintiq 21ux recently, (basically a very expensive drawing tablet). Long story short - it unfortunately has a European plug, labeled 250V/16A
I went out to buy a European to US plug adapter, because the cintiq itself is able to automatically convert from 250 to 120V; however I never checked the details of the plug adapter til I got home; it says 250V/10A
THEN I checked my circuit breaker box, for outlets it says 15A; the extension cord in my room says 15A max. (sighs)
I'm wondering if the three of these are at all compatible in some way? [[EDIT: by that I mean, the possibility of buying a different plug converter is open for this to be true!]] For some reason I thought you had to match amps of an appliance to the circuit breaker amps, otherwise it wouldn't work for whatever reason, but I'm REALLY new to this stuff. ....
Well, most of all, it comes down to: will it be possible/PRACTICAL to use my cintiq in my apartment? (I think a transformer is a possibility to make it work for 3 hours at a time, but I could never have the patience for that) or am I better off with the american version, which will involve a lot of work for me to obtain (but no need for an adapter)?
Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask - I saw "circuit help" and just jumped here..
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