Customer Reviews

Power Bright VC3000W Voltage Transformer 3000 Watt Step Up/Down 110 Volt - 220 Volt

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This thing is great. The price on many transformers should leave many wondering if they shouldn't just buy all new appliances-- seeing as electric water kettles hog up 1500 watts. Microwaves-- 1000 watts. An XBOX 360-- 400 watts. Coffee grinders and refrigerators-- 300 watts. Flat LCD TVs-- 200 watts. The price of this transformer removes all those questions. It's the most powerful one I could find and only $115. This qualified for FREE SHIPPING on Amazon, which saved ME $27, but my other friends were quoted as high as $80 other places to ship similar transformers. You can't afford not to get this.

Where I am, there are at least 3 different power standards (US, UK, and the rest of Europe), but I have only US appliances. Everywhere is charging like $150 for a 1000 watt transformer, or $200 for 2000 watt. The place we moved into has only generator-powered British standard, and it trips very easily. I plugged this transformer in just fine when many of my suite mates were having problems with theirs tripping the power. This one did not trip.

There is also no noise. My roommate got a free military transformer though some connections, who knows how old it is? We put it in the corner under thick blankets and it still makes a loud buzzing. With this one, you only hear it for 1 second when you first turn it on, and it is completely silent even under full load. Disclaimer: DO NOT pack insulation or anything like blankets around any transformers- Just erring on side of fire and electrical safety. Honestly, this thing is not producing any amount of heat that I can tell.

It has a power selector on the back to switch input from 110V, 200V, 220V, and 240V. Comes with 3 fuses, one in the unit and 2 replacements. Has 2 outputs-- one US and one universal.

It has a heavy duty US-style power plug with a ground/earth pin, and comes with a solid-feeling Europe-style plug adapter with grounding/earthing side-leads, but I am using it plugged into a British style "surge protecting" plug adapter with grounding/earthing. I hear transformers aren't meant to be used with surge protection- whether it's plugging into or being plugged into I don't know. If you need a transformer you need to research this.

This was definitely a lucky first-find and after seeing all the hassles my peers have had with their converters, I'm already thinking of getting another. If they found a good one, they had to pay way more than $115, and many paid more for boxes that shorted after a week. What is it then? Just a heavy door stop.

Also, don't try to replace the fuse with the unit plugged into an active outlet, even if the switch on the unit is OFF. I haven't blown any yet, but I just wanted to check. Anyway, don't ask-- let's just say I'm bleedin' out the ears and I may potentially be cured of my crippling depression. Fine, yeah I shocked myself. It didn't feel great. So what? Big whoop. Wanna fight about it?

We use this to run a treadmill we bought in Europe. With other transformers of comparible size, we found our circuit breaker would shut down when we energized the transformer. But this one has no such issue. There seems to be no impact at all on our electrical system when we energize this. And the treadmill works great.

Works great... make sure you buy a transformer with plenty of spare wattage which the VC3000watt has

Have been using this over in the UK now for 6 months with my gaming system, monitor, phones, routers and 2 seperate 5.1 surround sound speaker systems plugged in. Never had a fuse blow out, no flickers in power. Perfect to date!

Quiet, reliable, cheap. Easy to use, converts easy up and down, adapters built in. I use it in the US to run German appliances and will certainly take it back to D to use it for the US equipment.

Bought this machine from Amazon and it worked 3 times and then died. Used a powerful blender, Vita Mix, and was excited that it made perfect smoothies, however; very short lived! After making 3 smoothies in 3 days, the machine just died on me. Checked the fuse and it's alright but changed it anyway just to make sure. Still not working! Very frustrated. Tried a 200w transformer and thank God, the Vita Mix is sluggishly whirring but this tells me that my blender works and not the 3000w transformer. Googled PowerBright and their website is down. Where do you contact the manufacturer for a replacement. It's driving me bananas! Problem is it was bought 3 months from US and we are now in the Middle East.... and this thing is very heavy for shipping. Is it worth is to spend more to ship it that what the product is worth.

I've been using my 3kW-rated Power Bright transformer to power my UK-spec hi-fi system in Canada continually for four years now without any problems at all. It competently supplies my amplifier, CD-player, turntable and active sub-woofer without any surges, trips, noise or excess heat whatsoever. The product looks and feels reassuringly rugged and industrial, but it's otherwise inconspicuous in my living room in all other aspects besides appearance. Note that it converts mains voltage but not frequency, so check that your equipment is happy with AC 50-60Hz.

Device, while heavy, functions as designed. It is simple to operate and can be adapted to a number of different input voltages. It comes with EU plugs and spare fuses. I purchased two and they arrived promptly in good condition.

I have several appliances from Europe (220volt), all energy intensive (2/3 KW).
The transformer works perfectly. No noise, no heating, rather small.

Cons
weight (but it is a necessity, nothing they can manage)
electric cable too short, this is a big cons.

I would rate 5 stars if not for the cable really too short (10-15 inches). When I use I need a power cord for the transformer and a power cord for the appliance. Beside that it is really working well

So i live in Doha Qatar and have several items that need North American 110 voltage only. I bout this to step me down - it burnt out in less than two mins. I had all the setting correct. For sure. It just died. What a waste!