While in Japan a few days ago I bought a Hi-tech toilet seat (INAX) to bring back in my luggage. All th instructions are in Japanese, of course, and I don’t read Japanese. I’ve got some questions that some of you have prolly solved. First: the Japanese power grid is rated at 100 volts. Ours is rated at 110-120 volts. If my voltage is at the upper range I think the voltage might shorten the useful life of the on demand water heater. I haven’t seen a schematic for the actuators that push the spray tubes out so I don’t know what to expect there. Any one have information on this?
I know that there is good reason to by a unit that was made for import to the US, but what the heck. I was there and the seat came back as my checked baggage. Besides, wheres the fun if all the details are already worked out. Also, the importers want to sell at four times the retail price in Japan.
BJ
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electrified toilet seat... this could get interesting...
add a step down trans former to lower the line volatage...
or
add as many hundreds of feet of extension cord till you get the rquired voltage compliments of voltage drop...
as far as the actuators go... no clue.. haven't seen the schematic either..
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Get an electrician to install a "Boost/Buck" transformer. It can be configured to add or subtract 12 or 24 volts. You probably wouldn't need any larger unit than the smallest one available, possibly .250 KVA,as the transformer " sees" only the current used to buck or boost the load.
I'm not an engineer, but some one will chime in here sooner or later to further explain the workings of such a transformer, if necessary.
I know that you will need to know the load on the specific piece of equipment [toilet seat] to size it properly.
DON'T forget to include ground fault protection in your circuit.