240 and 120 input? Is this possible?

[Anonymous user]

Hello, I am overseas (India) for awhile and need a UPS for my home workstation (tower) router, dsl modem, etc. due to the current electrical situation here. I want to get something that I could then also use back home (US) where the power would be 120v.

Any chance there are UPS devices which would switch so I could use both places or am I stuck with one or the other?

Thanks for your help.

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[Anonymous user · Accepted solution]

There are three or four APC UPS models sold in Brazil that are 220-230V input and 110-120V output. The only bad thing is the shape of the outlets that is very different from the shape of outlets in India. I think in India the outlets are the same used in UK and Australia...

We need this kind of products because many of the stuff sold here come from the US and some are not "bi-volt".

It is actually two models only:

http://www.apcc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BR1200BI-BR
http://www.apcc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BE600-BR

In Brazil we have a mix of voltages like anywhere in the world it depends on the state and city. Some states the transformers are all 220V Phase + Neutral, in some other states it's 127V Phase + Neutral and 220V Phase + Phase, there are other parts of the country that it's 110V Phase + Neutral. There are states that has a mix of 220V Phase + Neutral and also 127V Phase + Neutral. It's a mess! And our 220V grid is different from those 220-240V grids in Europe, Australia, cos here is 220V 60Hz and theirs are 220-240V 50hz.

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