The ACUPWR Papers

ACUPWR visits NJ Met Labs

ACUPWR recently invited New Jersey Micro Electronic Testing labs in Clifton, New Jersey to put our AUD-500 transformer on their bench and see how it measures in terms of specs and overall performance. At the same time, we compared the AUD-500 with a comparable Asian-made “black box” model that retails for next to nothing. Both transformers are step up/step down types that convert 110-120-volt AC to 220-240-volt AC, and both have a maximum stated wattage capability of 500 watts/volt amps. How do they compare?   Well, NJMET bench tested both model’s performance at 100, 125, and 150 percent of the stated wattage. So we’re talking wattage loads of 500, 625, and 750 watts/volt amps. In the coming weeks we’ll divulge...

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Lead Me to Your Wires - ACUPWR Introduces Lead Wire Option

It’s good to keep all options open, even with voltage transformers. That said, ACUPWR is happy to announce that our entire transformer product line is available with 12” lead wires (and bare tips) for incoming and outgoing AC, instead of a power cord and output receptacle. The lead wire option allows our transformers, regardless of size, to interface directly with a circuit breaker, junction box, and an appliance. Of course, opting for lead wires over conventional plug/power cord and output receptacle is a viable solution for converting voltage for an appliance or electrical device with lead wire inputs.   ACUPWR voltage transformers are available in lead wire versions for a $39.99 upcharge on our website and also via telephone orders....

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We Love this Picture!

(Photo courtesy of Army Sustainment magazine) We love this photo! Why? Because it captures everything we’ve been saying for years about Chinese voltage transformers and why ACUPWR transformers are light years better. To say it succinctly, their products blow up and ours do not. And we guarantee that they won’t.   The May-July 2012 issue of Army Sustainment includes an article titled “The Three Most Common Electrical Safety Issues in Deployed Environments.” It explains how, in the author’s words, “electrical safety problems have bedeviled deployed U.S. military forces for many years.” It turns out that the primary culprit for these bedeviling safety problems is cheaply manufactured Chinese products (among them power strips and voltage converters).   The article makes a case...

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Published! ACUPWR Featured in RetirementEarlyLifestyle Blog

We're proud to have been featured in the popular Retirement Early Lifestyle website. Here's what was written:    Bringing Your Current Appliances and Electronics with You When you Retire to a New Country. There’s the fun part of planning an overseas retirement, like finding the locale with the bluest water, best slopes, or best local cuisine and tax laws. Then, there’s the real work: moving and determining what to bring with you. Luxury appliances? Your dad’s hand-me-down vintage tube stereo system? A 19th-century chandelier, TV’s, electronics, miscellaneous gourmet kitchen items like a $3000 espresso machine? A dilemma, to be sure. One facet about international relocation—and one often taken for granted—is electricity. If you assume that your 110-120-volt food-chopping gizmo will...

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Why Good-Quality Steel Makes a Difference in Voltage Transformers

When it comes to high-quality step up and step down voltage transformers, parts isn’t just parts. Rather, it’s the ability for a transformer to work safely under extreme conditions and without energy loss that is the measure between a model that is safe, reliable, and efficient and one that can be outright dangerous.   We noted in a recent blog how the use of copper wiring for our transformer’s primary and secondary coils enables superior electrical conductivity and performance over the aluminum wire used in low-quality, inexpensive, foreign-made transformers. With this blog entry, we will discuss the importance of the transformer’s core and the need for high-quality electrical steel toward the goal of creating a safe, highly efficient transformer. To...

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