US Wii: Preorder Details Thread

[Briareos]

I'll eat my hat if you need a step down anywhere near that big for the Wii. I have some really tiny step downs from Maplin that handle the Cube and older consoles just fine, and I intend to use one on my Wii.

What wattage are the little ones you plan to use?

[Geezer]

I ordered the Maplin one simply because ?20 is pretty decent for a stepdown anyway, I don't care how big it is, and people here have been using them on their 360's, so it's known quality,

Plus you never know, it might be good for PS3. I doubt it, but...

Bah, Maplin have upped the price to ?39.99 now

[reektan]

I just used to use a dodgy looking hong kong stepdown with my US dreamcast... 'should' be ok with the Wii i guess.

[tyler]

I use a UK PSU for my switched Cube but will dig out the stepdown I originally got with it for my Wii. The label reads:

100W Electricity Converter
Model: TF-200W
Input: 220/240V AC
Output: 110/120V AC
50/60HZ

Is that a 100W or 200W stepdown? Apparently the Wii is only 17W on full power anyway.

[Geezer]

That's 100W. Where did you get the Wii power consumption info from?

[Dazzla]

SUrely they have the consumption on the FCC details.

[revlob]

I did a few searches on the FCC's website, but couldn't find any info regarding the Wii itself, but I did find mention of the controllers. Could this mean the Wii hasn't ben submitted for FCC approval yet?

Anyway, I thought the FCC were only interested in communications. Radio waves, specifically. I read though a bunch of the PS3 docs and couldn't find any details on total power consumption by the entire console, just the radio components.

[sj33]

Bah, Maplin have upped the price to ?39.99 now

Christ they have too o_O I ordered ine yesterday, put on backorder but still only being charged ?19.99

[Geezer]

To add insult to injury, it's looking like the PS3 might consume less power than the 360 so that ?20 300W one would have been great



The 360 PSU is rated at 200-240V~2.7A or 100-127V~5V depending on region, yet is actually only 203W (16.5A over 12V and 1A over 5V).

To be sure of the wattage we would need a breakdown of the PS3 voltage lines but I'm reasonably confident.

I added the stepdown to my basket last night but decided against ordering it, hoping that the local Maplin would get it back in and I'd save the postage

[Kevvy Metal]

can someone make out what it says?






Looks like 100V to me....I guess that means a 100 watt step down is needed?

[Geezer]

Looks like 100V to me....I guess that means a 100 watt step down is needed?

No, that information on it's own has no bearing on the power consumption. It's just the input voltage, typically the US and Japan are 100V to 120V afaik.

If we find out the output voltages and the currents it passes over each, we can calculate the power consumption with no issue. Unfortunately we can't make them out from that image

[wazy15]

Spoke to a customer assitant at DVDboxoffice and they said they should have enough units to meet orders and I only ordered mine a few days back :S They said they wouldn't reduce the item value or declare it as a gift however, so seems like customs are on the agenda. Never imported a console before whats the % of charge we are talking?

[sj33]

17.5% as standard. Some postal services add their own % on top too (certainly the Royal Mail do, no idea about the couriers).

The sacrifice for getting the superior version of the machine, I suppose.

[Geezer]

The couriers do, usualy ?10 or so. There is also 3.5% duty to be paid iirc.

[sj33]

I've asked VG+ to mark down, but I've left money in the drawer to be safe.