I now live in the country of Georgia (south of Russia, north of Armenia
and Turkey), which, despite its Eastern location is considered part of
Europe (a member of the Council of Europe).

I can buy large appliances here (stove top, oven, etc.)which run on
European current, but would like to find a place I can order online
things like a George Foreman grill and roaster, a pop corn popper, etc.
None of my kitchen appliances will work here without expensive
transformers, and even so they seem to burn out (popcorn popper, for
example). Is there an online source? I can't believe only Americans
use electronic cooking equipment -- there must be European sources.

Thanks for any leads.

Carolyncc in Tbilisi, (country of) Georgia

carolyncc wrote:
I now live in the country of Georgia (south of Russia, north of Armenia
and Turkey), which, despite its Eastern location is considered part of
Europe (a member of the Council of Europe).

I can buy large appliances here (stove top, oven, etc.)which run on
European current, but would like to find a place I can order online
things like a George Foreman grill and roaster, a pop corn popper, etc.

Have you tried Amazon UK (www.amazon.co.uk) or Amazon Germany
(www.amazon.de)?


None of my kitchen appliances will work here without expensive
transformers, and even so they seem to burn out (popcorn popper, for
example).

Sounds like you need some sort of voltage regulator, line conditioner,
surge suppressor, etc.


Donald

carolyncc wrote:
I now live in the country of Georgia (south of Russia, north of Armenia
and Turkey), which, despite its Eastern location is considered part of
Europe (a member of the Council of Europe).

I can buy large appliances here (stove top, oven, etc.)which run on
European current, but would like to find a place I can order online
things like a George Foreman grill and roaster, a pop corn popper, etc.

Have you tried Amazon UK (www.amazon.co.uk) or Amazon Germany
(www.amazon.de)?


None of my kitchen appliances will work here without expensive
transformers, and even so they seem to burn out (popcorn popper, for
example).

Sounds like you need some sort of voltage regulator, line conditioner,
surge suppressor, etc.


Donald

carolyncc wrote:
I now live in the country of Georgia (south of Russia, north of Armenia
and Turkey), which, despite its Eastern location is considered part of
Europe (a member of the Council of Europe).

I can buy large appliances here (stove top, oven, etc.)which run on
European current, but would like to find a place I can order online
things like a George Foreman grill and roaster, a pop corn popper, etc.

Have you tried Amazon UK (www.amazon.co.uk) or Amazon Germany
(www.amazon.de)?


None of my kitchen appliances will work here without expensive
transformers, and even so they seem to burn out (popcorn popper, for
example).

Sounds like you need some sort of voltage regulator, line conditioner,
surge suppressor, etc.


Donald

On Fri 08 Apr 2005 12:00:30p, carolyncc wrote in rec.food.equipment:

I now live in the country of Georgia (south of Russia, north of Armenia
and Turkey), which, despite its Eastern location is considered part of
Europe (a member of the Council of Europe).

I can buy large appliances here (stove top, oven, etc.)which run on
European current, but would like to find a place I can order online
things like a George Foreman grill and roaster, a pop corn popper, etc.
None of my kitchen appliances will work here without expensive
transformers, and even so they seem to burn out (popcorn popper, for
example). Is there an online source? I can't believe only Americans
use electronic cooking equipment -- there must be European sources.

Thanks for any leads.

Carolyncc in Tbilisi, (country of) Georgia




What is your voltage and frequency (cycles) in Georgia? With electronic
controls, it may be a combination of factors causing you problems.

--
Wayne Boatwright
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

On Fri 08 Apr 2005 12:00:30p, carolyncc wrote in rec.food.equipment:

I now live in the country of Georgia (south of Russia, north of Armenia
and Turkey), which, despite its Eastern location is considered part of
Europe (a member of the Council of Europe).

I can buy large appliances here (stove top, oven, etc.)which run on
European current, but would like to find a place I can order online
things like a George Foreman grill and roaster, a pop corn popper, etc.
None of my kitchen appliances will work here without expensive
transformers, and even so they seem to burn out (popcorn popper, for
example). Is there an online source? I can't believe only Americans
use electronic cooking equipment -- there must be European sources.

Thanks for any leads.

Carolyncc in Tbilisi, (country of) Georgia




What is your voltage and frequency (cycles) in Georgia? With electronic
controls, it may be a combination of factors causing you problems.

--
Wayne Boatwright
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Fri 08 Apr 2005 12:00:30p, carolyncc wrote in rec.food.equipment:
I now live in the country of Georgia (south of Russia, north of Armenia
and Turkey), which, despite its Eastern location is considered part of
Europe (a member of the Council of Europe).

[...] None of my kitchen appliances will work here without expensive
transformers, and even so they seem to burn out (popcorn popper, for
example).
[...]

What is your voltage and frequency (cycles) in Georgia? With electronic
controls, it may be a combination of factors causing you problems.

According to http://www.powerstream.com/cv.htm, Georgia uses
220V / 50 Hz, with plugs like most of the rest of Europe. Buying stuff
from www.amazon.de or www.amazon.fr should work (so should .co.uk, but
you'd need a plug converter).

Donald

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Fri 08 Apr 2005 12:00:30p, carolyncc wrote in rec.food.equipment:
I now live in the country of Georgia (south of Russia, north of Armenia
and Turkey), which, despite its Eastern location is considered part of
Europe (a member of the Council of Europe).

[...] None of my kitchen appliances will work here without expensive
transformers, and even so they seem to burn out (popcorn popper, for
example).
[...]

What is your voltage and frequency (cycles) in Georgia? With electronic
controls, it may be a combination of factors causing you problems.

According to http://www.powerstream.com/cv.htm, Georgia uses
220V / 50 Hz, with plugs like most of the rest of Europe. Buying stuff
from www.amazon.de or www.amazon.fr should work (so should .co.uk, but
you'd need a plug converter).

Donald

In article . com,
carolyncc wrote:
I now live in the country of Georgia (south of Russia, north of Armenia
and Turkey), which, despite its Eastern location is considered part of
Europe (a member of the Council of Europe).

I can buy large appliances here (stove top, oven, etc.)which run on
European current, but would like to find a place I can order online
things like a George Foreman grill and roaster, a pop corn popper, etc.
None of my kitchen appliances will work here without expensive
transformers, and even so they seem to burn out (popcorn popper, for
example). Is there an online source? I can't believe only Americans
use electronic cooking equipment -- there must be European sources.

Thanks for any leads.

Carolyncc in Tbilisi, (country of) Georgia




Those transformers won't work with every appliances, frequencies are too
much apart. Especially appliances with motors are problematic. You would
need a very powerful inverter to run those and devices with sine-wave are
pretty expensive. There are some pretty nice appliances web-shops in
germany. I have orderred a camera from technikdirect (and will order Braun
MR 5550 MCA Stabmixer soon, it is not availlable locally with metal shaft)
and the service was ok.
http://www.technikdirekt.de

If you can read german there is a price comparision site at
http://www.idealo.de

seismo malm

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 08:45:47 +0000 (UTC), Seismo Malm
wrote:

Those transformers won't work with every appliances, frequencies are too
much apart. Especially appliances with motors are problematic.

The only problem is with synchronous motors, and there is rarely one of them in
a normal home. Possibly an old, quality turntable (for records, remember them?
8, but nothing else that springs to mind.

-- Larry

pltrgyst wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 08:45:47 +0000 (UTC), Seismo Malm
wrote:


Those transformers won't work with every appliances, frequencies are too
much apart. Especially appliances with motors are problematic.


The only problem is with synchronous motors, and there is rarely one of them in
a normal home. Possibly an old, quality turntable (for records, remember them?
8, but nothing else that springs to mind.


AC gear reduction clocks.

Matthew

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You can't win
You can't break even
You can't get out of the game