URGENT! US/UK power adapter problem!!!!!!!
Hello
I got my iPad from new York in April last year, however it was exported to the UK. I have been using the power adapter which came with the American iPad but with a UK head on the top. It has now come to my attention that the US does not have 230 volt mains supply like the UK has, but instead America has 110 volts. This means that if there is a conventional transformer in the power supply, it will be made for the US power supply, meaning it will output like 18 volts in the US, however in the UK, the same input to output voltage ratio will be the same, meaning that whatever the US output voltage is, in the UK it will output double that, so in this example in the US it may output 18 volts for instance, but the same transformer plugged into the uk supply with output 36 volts. I am worried I have damaged my iPad by doing this, but I don't know how I can tell. Or maybe the transformer will have some electronics in to automatically adjust to the different power supply, I'm not entirely sure.
I sometimes use my real UK purchased UK power adapter to charge my iPad, however I've never noticed any difference (but I'm not entirely sure if it's the high wattage adapter, it seems to charge the iPad.)
Ok, long message but please let me know what to do!!!!!!
I got my iPad from new York in April last year, however it was exported to the UK. I have been using the power adapter which came with the American iPad but with a UK head on the top. It has now come to my attention that the US does not have 230 volt mains supply like the UK has, but instead America has 110 volts. This means that if there is a conventional transformer in the power supply, it will be made for the US power supply, meaning it will output like 18 volts in the US, however in the UK, the same input to output voltage ratio will be the same, meaning that whatever the US output voltage is, in the UK it will output double that, so in this example in the US it may output 18 volts for instance, but the same transformer plugged into the uk supply with output 36 volts. I am worried I have damaged my iPad by doing this, but I don't know how I can tell. Or maybe the transformer will have some electronics in to automatically adjust to the different power supply, I'm not entirely sure.
I sometimes use my real UK purchased UK power adapter to charge my iPad, however I've never noticed any difference (but I'm not entirely sure if it's the high wattage adapter, it seems to charge the iPad.)
Ok, long message but please let me know what to do!!!!!!
Dell 5150, Windows XP
