Re: European Seagate Freeagent - how to safely use in N.A.?

Previously johndrake939393@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hello,

I purchased a Seagate Freeagent Desktop in Europe (Sweden), a 250 gb,
and I would
like to safely access the data already stored on the drive in North
America, specifically
Canada. The voltage in Europe was 220v, the voltage in Canada is
110v. I own a voltage
converter that's safe for up to 50 w, and I have an adapter plug to
use the European adapter
plug in a North American outlet. However, the bundled adapter from
Seagate bought in Europe
says it's rated for 110/220v.

This likely is a wide-range adapter. Check on the brick itself.
Likely it is has something like 100V-240V. These are indended to
be usable worldwide, so the manufacturer only needs to produce
one variant. The mains-cable is typically detachable as well,
for the same reason.

How I safely access the data on the drive in North America? Does the
Seagate adapter
already have a converter/transformer built in? And all I need to do
is use the adapter plug ?

It works a bit differently. However as long as the local AC is in
range of what it says on the brick, it is fine. You can either
get a pass-through adapter or a different mains cable.

Or should I plug in the adapter from Seagate into the adapter plug and
then into the voltage
converter?

Actually that could destroy it under rare circumstances.
Better connect it directly.

Anyone who has done this before and uses the drive from overseas
safely, is preferred.

Done it numerous times with my laptop PSU, which is rated at 100V-240V.

I contacted Seagate (18007324283) and forget it. The India call
center doesn't know anything,
and I waited 1 hour. I went into a live chat session with Seagate
afterwards, and there was no
improvement.

Thank-you !

Arno
.

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