The outlet on the front for 220V is designed to accept nearly every plug type in the world, but at the cost of not having a ground for German plug type F where the grounds are on the sides of the circular plug head. The total value of all the appliances I'm running exceeds $1,700, so the $92 I spent was well worth it.ġ. I did connect a 3-outlet German power strip to the transformer, but I only ever run one device at a time to not exceed the 2000W available. The coffee maker runs perfectly on this transformer, as do all of the other items listed except the kettle which I won't even attempt.

Unfortunately, the kettle for boiling water is listed to draw a max of 2460W so there was no way to power it on any circuit in the house as it would exceed the 10A breakers. Other things included a Bosch stand mixer ($200) at 900W, handheld immersion blender ($100) at 270W, and handheld mixer ($40) at 280W. The main EU (German) appliance I was looking to run was a DeLonghi Dinamica bean-to-cup coffee maker ($1400) with automatic milk frothing rated to draw 1450W. Next make sure the transformer can handle your appliance. It was a 10A circuit, so this transformer at 220V and 2000W is the biggest I can run without tripping the breaker because 220V at 2000W is 9.09A.

I checked the amperage to the outlet where I wanted to plug this in - it was on the breaker in the box and was labeled. First make sure your house wiring can handle it. I'll drop some hard numbers here that I couldn't find in other reviews.

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