US Xbox 360 with European power supply?

I've been using a US version Xbox 360 in Europe with a power converter for a while now. My power supply got fried yesterday when it was plugged directly to socket without the power converter. I was wondering if I could use a European power supply with my American 360 and not use a power converter? Or do I need to get another US power supply? Also, how do I check if my machine was not damaged and it was only the power supply that got fried? My Xbox doesn't smell weird unlike the power supply, but still it was plugged to the machine at that moment.

No speculations please. If you are unsure of your answer do not post it, becasue I've been getting mixed answers about this. Thank you.

Your 360 should be ok, the power supply has a built in surge protector as far as I know to protect the 360 from voltage spikes. This is why you should not plug the power supply into another surge protector. As for your other problem, I know that US consoles in Europe require a step down converter as US and Europe don't use the same voltage for electrical stuff. So I don't think you can just plug a European power supply into your US console.

It will probably blow the power supply again.

As far as I know, all Xbox 360s (only the console without the power brick) require the same electrical input (i.e. 175W and the voltage I'm not sure about it 12V may be?), given that they have the same MFR date. Now you have to match the console's input with the power brick's output, regardless of the power brick's input. If your console requires a 12V input, the power brick should step down from 220V to 12V. All power bricks are actually step-down transformers, with the US ones 110V to 12V. The numbers I'm saying (175W and 12V) are about my Xbox which has an MFR date of 8-4-08 (April 2008).

Buy may I ask a question? Why, oh why did you plug your 110V power brick directly to the socket??? :D

As far as I know, all Xbox 360s (only the console without the power brick) require the same electrical input (i.e. 175W and the voltage I'm not sure about it 12V may be?), given that they have the same MFR date. Now you have to match the console's input with the power brick's output, regardless of the power brick's input. If your console requires a 12V input, the power brick should step down from 220V to 12V. All power bricks are actually step-down transformers, with the US ones 110V to 12V. The numbers I'm saying (175W and 12V) are about my Xbox which has an MFR date of 8-4-08 (April 2008).

Buy may I ask a question? Why, oh why did you plug your 110V power brick directly to the socket??? :D

abd_jemeye

It wasn't me. I was on summer vacation and when I returned the maid had messed with all the cables plugging them in different places. Needless to say, I only noticed it after the incident. Anyway, I'm off to buy a European power supply. Thanks for the feedback!

gazoz... can you PM me with the result of your experiment PLEASE. I live in Canada but I am going home to New Zealand (220V power) and I've asked this question before but just got a load of uninformed opinions... and the "You need a step down converter" standard answer.

It'd be much appreciated.

gazoz... can you PM me with the result of your experiment PLEASE. I live in Canada but I am going home to New Zealand (220V power) and I've asked this question before but just got a load of uninformed opinions... and the "You need a step down converter" standard answer.

It'd be much appreciated.

Hawkeye747

Sure thing. I also e-mailed microsoft and posted this question in different forums just in case. I'll let you know how it went or if I find some other way of getting it to work. abd_jemeye's explanation seems reasonable though. I have an older machine which requires 203 watts but it's still 12 V. I found one europen power supply meeting all the requirements. I''ll probably try it later today.

Thanks. Yeah I asked that question on Xbox.com and got nothing. Seems logical that a straight swap of power bars would work... they just take the existing power down to the 360's requirements... which should be the same world wide.

Anyways, good luck.

Thanks. Yeah I asked that question on Xbox.com and got nothing. Seems logical that a straight swap of power bars would work... they just take the existing power down to the 360's requirements... which should be the same world wide.

Anyways, good luck.

Hawkeye747

Just tried it and it worked! I couldn't find the official Microsoft one so I used a third party product. Just be sure stuff like watts and volts on the thing matches your machine.

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Thanks. Yeah I asked that question on Xbox.com and got nothing. Seems logical that a straight swap of power bars would work... they just take the existing power down to the 360's requirements... which should be the same world wide.

Anyways, good luck.

gazoz

Just tried it and it worked! I couldn't find the official Microsoft one so I used a third party product. Just be sure stuff like watts and volts on the thing matches your machine.

NICE.... my 360 is coming with me.... which means I can play all my movies and games without worrying about region codes etc. Of course I'll still need to get myself a 360 Elite when I get there so i can buy new games.

Cheers man... problem solved.

Gazoz please help.

I have a US 360 i am in Europe now can you please tell me the power of your voltage converter? Is it 200W?

Cause most of xbox consume 203W i wounder which type of converter i should buy.

The power supply you bough was a third party one can you tell the name of it cause i cant find none of them and third party ones are probably cheap.

Please answer. Thanks very much

looking for info on the power supply as well... im going toargentina on business in a couple weeks and want to take my 360 down there as wellTranquilApe

I currently live in the UK and am thinking of importing a Japanese Xbox 360 slim. Can i just simply use the existing power supply from my UK Xbox 360 slim to power the Japanese one? I'm being cautious as i read the UK PSU is 230V where as the Japanese is 110V. Wouldn't that be too much voltage for the Japanese Xbox?

Thanks. Yeah I asked that question on Xbox.com and got nothing. Seems logical that a straight swap of power bars would work... they just take the existing power down to the 360's requirements... which should be the same world wide.

Anyways, good luck.

Hawkeye747