Voltage intake of the PS3 from US

Voltage intake of the PS3 from US

I recently bought a ps3 slim (cech-2501b) from the US, and I am about to travel to Hong Kong, I know that voltage in Hong Kong is 220v. I also happen to know that the sticker outside of the ps3 is not entirely true because i have seen ifixit open one up, but that was a older model, so I am just wondering has PS3 change since?and if it did, what kind of stepdown converter do I nee, thank you very much.

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bert [Entry]

cling1 if you check on here and here you will find that the PSU is multiple voltage as the teardown on page step 12 shows. Good Luck and have a safe trip...

bert [Entry]

"Those PS3's You mention probably experianced a surge current and went belly up.

I can state that my UK PS3 [PHAT] runs on 240v at home and 115V at my workplace. There is no need to do anything to the ps3 - just make sure your kettle lead has he right plug for the socket.

It is my understanding that the slims also have this ability."

bert [Entry]

Thank you everyone for these answers. I just moved to Hong Kong and held back on plugging in my US PS3 because I heard two stories of Americans frying their PS3 with a direct plug in. It didn't occur right away, but they said after a few months their PS3 just went tits up. What do you think happened?

bert [Entry]

It should work because I have worked with both 110V and 220V, but if you are too much worried you can get a voltage converter like 220Vto110V and make sure that it can at least provide 400 watts (or 500, you know just in case)