Tomahawk11 Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Hi Guys, I have just purchased a mini shooting star system from UTLRAMOLDS and had it shipped to AUS. My question is in regards to what size step down transformer I would require 240/110v. I was advised that when fully operational each pot would use approx. 1000w so that would mean I would need to look at a 2000w transformer?. I also read the on the tortech website that if ''the appliance has motor/s then you should select a transformer with 25% higher than the motor as a buffer''. The shooting star system has a stirring motor for each pot. Is there anyone on here from AUS who has also purchased this system?. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgecrusher Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Not being electrically minded, you may be pushing your circuits with those pots, I bought a 2000w for my single pot and trip out a fair bit. I actually don't use my pot anymore and went back to micro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 I would ask the people at Ultramolds. They should know best what their system needs. If not, you could take it to an electrical engineering shop and ask them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomahawk11 Posted October 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Thanks guys, Ill keep searching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predators Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 I'm an electrical engineer how many watts does your stirrer take ? Once the system requirements are figured out then you can see if you have a circuit that can handle the load Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predators Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) 1000w at 220v is 5 amps my guess is you need a 20 amp circuit, just a guess once we have loads we can figure out what VA size xfmr you need Edited October 20, 2016 by Ultimate Predators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomahawk11 Posted October 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) Hi Ultimate Predators, thanks for the reply, I have been informed that each pot draws 1000w, so unsure if this also includes the stirrers. I have been looking at 2 separate step down transformers info below; Tortech - SD110-2000A Watts 2000, Amps 18.2 Tortech - SD110-2400A Watts 2400, Amps 21.8 A cheaper version is a Edison 2000w GEN POWER STEP DOWN TRANSFORMER. This doesn't give any specific details. Apologies for the lack of knowledge on this, I'm just keen to get this system up and running. So lets say I could use either one of these transformers, would I be thinking correctly in saying that I would need individual 20 amp circuit to run this appliance in AUS on 240v?. Edited October 20, 2016 by Tomahawk11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMc1 Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) Hi Ultimate Predators, thanks for the reply, I have been informed that each pot draws 1000w, so unsure if this also includes the stirrers. I have been looking at 2 separate step down transformers info below; Tortech - SD110-2000A Watts 2000, Amps 18.2 Tortech - SD110-2400A Watts 2400, Amps 21.8 A cheaper version is a Edison 2000w GEN POWER STEP DOWN TRANSFORMER. This doesn't give any specific details. Apologies for the lack of knowledge on this, I'm just keen to get this system up and running. So lets say I could use either one of these transformers, would I be thinking correctly in saying that I would need individual 20 amp circuit to run this appliance in AUS on 240v?. 2400 watts at 110v is 21.8 amps, at 240v its only 10 amps. So I am guessing you would need to supply the transformer a 10 amp 240v circuit ignored for it to supply the pots with 2400 watts of power at 110v. Edited October 20, 2016 by DaveMc1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
