Review the difference between a transformer and voltage and frequency converters. Why it is important and what to buy to power your electronics overseas. [continue reading]
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Powering Athletic Recovery Equipment with Athena
Finally, you are an international athlete! Congratulations! Whether recreational, sub-elite or an elite athlete, balancing more factors on the international stage is a challenge. Optimizing elite performance with health management take on new challenges, including powering your recovery devices in a country outside of where you call home. For this application, we always recommend Athena. [continue reading]
Can Hercules Power an Appliance? The Washing Machine Challenge!
What is KCC Scientific’s Hercules voltage and frequency converter, and where might you need it? The 200-Watt Hercules is KCC Scientific’s most powerful frequency converter (today). This converter is 100% universal; allowing you to set either output voltage (115V or 230V AC) or output frequency (50Hz or 60Hz) from the front panel. With an output [continue reading]
What is Surge Power? Why Does it Matter with Voltage and Frequency Conversion?
KCC Scientific products have conservative power ratings and are well-protected against overloads, securing both the converter itself and the device you’re operating. This is no accident; that is the way we intended it. When selecting a voltage and frequency converter, save yourself worry and future disappointment by settling for nothing less than a product that [continue reading]
Clarifying Power Conversion Terminology
Maybe you are planning to travel overseas, and you are worried about plug compatibility between your prized electrical devices and what’s available in the country you plan to visit. Or, perhaps you are moving overseas for a temporary assignment that could last several years. What will you do about your plug-in devices once you arrive [continue reading]
KCC Scientific Exciting Success Stories
Power line conversion needs are many! Historically, it seemed that the solutions were few. The most popular solution over the years has been the “voltage converter” or transformer. Unfortunately, this is a sad and ineffective solution if frequency (50Hz or 60Hz) was the reason your prized device would not work in a geographic location outside [continue reading]
Hercules and Thor: Powering USA-Manufactured Audio equipment overseas
Recently we received this inquiry from a customer in the UK. He was trying to solve a serious problem powering his tube preamplifier, and wondered if we could help. Read on! Hello, I live in the the UK and have recently purchased a pre-owned high end tube based pre-amplifier from the USA. I have tried [continue reading]
The KCC Scientific Difference
What we strive to offer here at KCC Scientific is an unsurpassed combination of innovative products and support for our customers. Much has gone into making our customer service and our power conversion technology stand out from ANY power product offering, and our efforts continue daily. We strive to maintain our spirit of innovation, both [continue reading]
That’s a frequency converter? Wait, what?
Recently we ran across yet another super low cost so-called frequency converter (this one specifically targeted at shavers). We found it on our favorite high-volume online “A” merchant site; you know, we’ve all bought goods there. No one in our office ever heard of this particular manufacturer. We bought one of those so-called frequency converters, [continue reading]
Relocating overseas? How do you power your appliances in the new country?
Perhaps you finally received that well-deserved promotion. Congratulations! But there’s a catch—you must relocate to a different country. In the new country, the power standards may be very different from what you have today. Whether you’re moving from North America to another region or vice versa, you could be faced with the issue of power [continue reading]
Why does a clean, smooth sine wave matter?
Review the importance of stable frequency and voltage when powering valued electronics. [continue reading]
What do you mean by “Clean Power”?
If you’re an audiophile, you have probably experienced it. You have fought off hum, harmonics, pops, and hiss. Someone turns on a mixer in another room of your home and you hear high-pitched tones coming through the speakers. While not all of these affects always come through the power line or outlets, many do. And [continue reading]
