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Hi. First post here. I am grasping at straws here. My Mum lives in Barbados, where the mains power is 110/208v 50Hz. She has just bought an American cooker which is specified for 60Hz. Her clock on the cooker runs slow, and this is a known problem where the clock uses the mains frequency to drive the clock timing. Does anyone here know of a fix for this? I am electronics capable, so would be happy exchanging a chip on the control board for example. Does anyone know if the UK Frigidaire clocks use a different circuit to the US ones? Model number for reference is FFEF3054TW. I can find wiring diagrams for this model, but the control board is shown as a single part, whereas I need to know what’s on that control board.
Any help or pointers appreciated. Thanks
RogerThe UK version of the clock would obviously run at our mains frequency, i.e 240v 50 Hz whether it would be a straightforward swap is anyone’s guess.
Yes, I agree. What I was trying to find out is what the part is that drives the clock, is it available?
ThanksThe clock isn’t your only problem, any fan motors will not run correctly, will be noisy and will fail.
Been there, got that T-shirt! 😉
K.
I’ve seen it on ships a lot, they run on US voltage/frequency and try to whack in UK/EU products… it doesn’t work. You get all sorts of weird issues over time so the standing rule is simple, don’t do it, try to run US stuff here or EU stuff there.
You can get things to alter I’ve been told but it but it’s hugely expensive and not really worth the trouble.
For the likes of that machine, as it was intended for US/Canada only I expect no parts will be available to allow it to run in other regions. The manufacturer will, as they do here, simply tell you it’s an unsupported application and you’re on your own washing their hands of it totally.
K.
have a close look at the board for the clock. If the clock is a standard unit they use on both 50 and 60hz supply’s then there may be a swappable link
long shot but you never know
as for modifying it you would have to generate a 60 hz supply just for the clock otherwise it would probably be hard wired into the main clock chip
Dave
There’s still the motor issue Dave, the frequency causes the motor stator to oscillate at the wrong rate creating noise and the motor stator to stutter, eventually, they usually give the game up after a while. Most people give up on it before that due to the infernal racket from them.
Any component that relies on the frequency being right will never work correctly.
Elements are fine normally, switches okay rheostats can be iffy and so on.
K.
yes had it on board ships a few times but its normally going the other way. our supply is 50 hz theirs 60 so motors will run faster. had a hoover washer that had no power on the ships 60hz supply now in this case its going down not up. cookers is designed for 60 but supply is 50 so motors will run slower
Dave
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