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I know this topic is 3 years old, but I was wondering if the OP is still around and what they had with the implant in Thailand.

I fairly new and just found out about this tower. Can anyone summarize the history of the thing?

Wow, this has turned into a nice primer on the subject! With various perspectives. Always more stuff to learn.

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I know, suspect it was just POS.

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I bought a "pot" at the place in Central before this one. It didn't work either. DO they sell 120 kettles in the stores here?

I think the real issue here is an American buying a "kettle". What's that about???

He's lived here for 10 years and after hearing British English, words, phrases and slang his "electric pot" has turned into a "kettle". Hell, I've live here for almost 18 years and find myself adding un-needed letters to words rather than try to re-educate

the masses! Please explain why the letter "u" is added to a simple word like color (colour) or how a simple circuit breaker box becomes a "consumer unit".

My wife was and my step son is a "consumer unit" and they wouldn't know a fuse from a circuit breaker!

Early morning rant over!

I've been out of the USA for a long time. Didn't know what to call it. Like kettle more than pot.

Take advice from you instead? I just marked all my outlets with "220" but I;m having a de javu attack.

Hertz is a measure of Frequency.

Or as I originally learned in basic electronics, MANY years ago Cycles Per Second.

If all you have is an "electric Kettle" I doubt that "Hertz" has anything to do with it.

Unless I'm wrong, (not the first time), your original problem is or was that the "electric Kettle"

Was really designed for a 120 VOLT input and your Thai socket provided 220 VOLTS and you burned the heating element coil in the kettle by applying that voltage to it.

It is not unusual in Thailand for 220 volt outlets, especially in old Thai houses, to have an mains outlet that has two slots and looks very much like the normal (old style) American 120 volt mains outlet.

Unfortunately the 120 volt plug on the kettle might have fitted in the wall plug, which probably means you burned out the heating element when you plugged in the "kettle".

That's what I'm guessing happened anyhow.

yeah, thanks

Thanks for the brilliant advice.

Its:

The electrical parameters:

120 VAC 60 Hz 1500 W

I posted in the OP.

Not a damn word on the volts on amazon.

How would you know? Get inside the wall and see if it's connected to something? Can you have it connected if it isn't?

If you have a multimeter, you can measure between phase and ground. If you measure nothing than there is no ground wire at all.

If you measure 220 Volt it might be connected.

I'll try translating that into Thai.

Send back. won't tell em what happened, altho they'll figure it soon enough i suppose

Just write it: Not good for melting Aluminum it broke before reaching 600 degree Celsius.....

Could a shop fix it?

How would you know? Get inside the wall and see if it's connected to something? Can you have it connected if it isn't?

It's in a condo, probably the two phase I guess

3 phase? How do you tell? The outlet has a ground, 3 plugs

Send back. won't tell em what happened, altho they'll figure it soon enough i suppose

yess haha I thought it was great.

probably forgot. Been to a lot of places in the last few years.

So if I get a converter would it work or is it fried?

Previous kettle bought here worked for over a year. Guess it was 220.

Ys, sorry I'm thailand. I'm not certain it's 120 but will find out for sure now.

I bought a nice electric kettle by Osler, shipped from amazon. I plugged it in once, it worked. Next time, dead. I'm pretty sure the outlet is 120 V, the microwave is plugged into the same outlet and works fine.

I had a problem in Saudi Arabia. They said stuff bought in Bahrain was a different Hz I think and wouldn't work in Saudi. Is that what happened?

The electrical parameters:

120 VAC 60 Hz 1500 W

It's CYA, so they can say told you so.

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You can't with someone who lives in some idealistic wonderland that doesn't exist.

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