Electrical Plugs?

[Lulu and Al]

I am not an electrician but this is what I have found: America works on 110-120-volts , 60 cycle! Jamaica works on 110-120 volts 50 cycles!
The cycles stays on longer so it burns out our appliances, your record player would only run at 5/6 the speed! Leave your stuff at home, use the resort equipment or ask front desk for help in getting their appliances.

[hille141]

I am not an electrician but this is what I have found: America works on 110-120-volts , 60 cycle! Jamaica works on 110-120 volts 50 cycles!
The cycles stays on longer so it burns out our appliances, your record player would only run at 5/6 the speed! Leave your stuff at home, use the resort equipment or ask front desk for help in getting their appliances.

Correct but it depends on the application. The U.S. and Canada are 120/60 and Jamaica is 110/50. Both use the A & B style plugs, so no worries there. Most electronics will automatically detect the voltage and frequency and adjust accordingly. Take a look at the power supply on your curling irons or straighteners. If it says 50/60, 110/230 it should be a power supply that can work at a variety of voltages and frequencies. Your phones, laptops, tablets, etc should all be fine, as well as most other electronics.

An older record player that kept the speed based on the frequency may run at 5/6 the speed. Newer record players should take frequency in to account. Clocks back in the day used to keep time based on the frequency, now it is all digital. I won't go into how that works but you can look it up if interested.

[captaind]

Correct but it depends on the application. The U.S. and Canada are 120/60 and Jamaica is 110/50. Both use the A & B style plugs, so no worries there. Most electronics will automatically detect the voltage and frequency and adjust accordingly. Take a look at the power supply on your curling irons or straighteners. If it says 50/60, 110/230 it should be a power supply that can work at a variety of voltages and frequencies. Your phones, laptops, tablets, etc should all be fine, as well as most other electronics.

An older record player that kept the speed based on the frequency may run at 5/6 the speed. Newer record players should take frequency in to account. Clocks back in the day used to keep time based on the frequency, now it is all digital. I won't go into how that works but you can look it up if interested.

My plug in digital alarm clock with no backup battery ran slow. Observed several times.

[cuteoldkid]

Glad to hear that phones and computers are ok. I would hate to fry them!

[Limo Mon]

Our room clock ran slow this past trip also. We had a CD player fry 3 years ago on the first night. I was able to change the square box on the cord and now it works again. Only thing I know about AC current is DONT MESS WITH IT LOL.

[Kristine]

Our electric clock would always run slow and lose time. We now pack a battery operated one...so nice to know what time it is if I wake up during the night. I also ALWAYS use a surge protector when the laptop is plugged in. No problems.