Nurture Right 360 Voltage?

[Mainge]

Hi All. I was wondering if I can use this incubator with 220 volt as well as 110 volt? I plan to take it overseas but want to make sure before buying it. If I can't use it with 220 volt do you think it would work with a voltage regulator? Thanks much.

 

[jher77]

Anything designed for 120v probably isn't going to work on 240v. If you plug it up and see a puff of smoke then it is toast.

I don't know what they have overseas but I'm thinking it is 50 hz. In America it is 60 hz so it may not work exactly right even with 120v over there.

 

[Mainge]

Anything designed for 120v probably isn't going to work on 240v. If you plug it up and see a puff of smoke then it is toast.

I don't know what they have overseas but I'm thinking it is 50 hz. In America it is 60 hz so it may not work exactly right even with 120v over there.

Thanks for the response. So can you please confirm that the incubator is actually 120v? It should say somewhere on it what voltage it can take. I know a lot of electronic gadgets can go both 110-240v.

 

[Mainge]

Just in case anyone sees this and is wondeirng the same thing, I wrote to Tractor Supply Company and they responded with the following..."This can work with an outlet that produces anywhere from 100 volts - 240 volts."

 

[jher77]

What incubator is it? Oh I see it's the Nuture Right 360 now.

Yea you can tap into a 3 or 4 prong 240v outlet to get 120v but it would still be using 120v. Did it come with an adapter plug? Never heard of a dual voltage incubator.

 

[Mainge]

I didn't buy it yet, but just wanted to confirm before getting it because I have plans to take it overseas. I have no idea if it comes with an adapter plug.

 

[jher77]

The description says the incubator actually runs on 12 volts (ac or dc?) so it has to have a transformer on the cord 120v to 12v.

I don't see anything about using 240v. If you plug 240v into the transformer, you'll have 24v going to the incubator. I don't know if that will blow it up or not but if it doesn't come with an adapter plug for 240v then I wouldn't chance it.

 

[jher77]

Here is the manual.

It doesn't say anything about using 240v either. Not sure where they are coming up with the 240v thing.

 

[jher77]

But anyways someone that knows the overseas voltage could get it to work by wiring a 12 volt adapter into their 240v systems. I'm in the US and don't know what they have anywhere else.

 

[Mainge]

Thanks for your thoughts. I'm wondering if I could also just use a transformer to convert 240 into 120 and then plug the incubator in there.