Help with Voltage Draw/Step-down Voltage Transformer

[MrBigBen]

Backstory:
So I have a US appliance, a blender with an electrical rating of 110 V/12 A, so around 1200-1400 W. I am planning to use it in Singapore.

Problem:
In Singapore with 220 V rating, I got a 5000 W step-down transformer to convert 230 V to 110 V. But I have a problem, before I purchased this transformer, I did not take into account the amount of power you could pull from the socket. I am not sure what are the ratings for my residential circuit breakers are, but whenever I turn on my transformer, it trips my circuit breaker. Now I have a 5000 W transformer that I do not know what to do with.

Anybody has any experience with this kind of stuff before? Maybe there is an Electrician on this forum or someone who has encountered this similar experience before?

Any help or advice is appreciated.

 

[alamakazim]

haha... how did u manage to find a 5000w transformer


is pretty gigantic and costly for consumer

u need something like this

soft start for transformer

 

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Buy a power socket with a surge protector?

 

[Koenig168]

Any help or advice is appreciated.

buy a blender from Courts

 

[MrBigBen]

haha... how did u manage to find a 5000w transformer


is pretty gigantic and costly for consumer

u need something like this

soft start for transformer

Got it from Amazon Yea it is pretty huge and heavy(you would not expect the weight from the size of that thing), but quite cheap for the power it can handle.

Do you have experience with soft start? Would it be any problems if frequently on/off the device or leaving it on for long?

Seems like an option, I would look into it. Thank you.

Buy a power socket with a surge protector?

The transformer is with a US 3 prong plug, so I am currently using a universal adapter with 13 A surge protector, with this current set up it also trips the breaker. Would a socket do a difference?

buy a blender from Courts

I already have a blender though quite happy with this brand.

 

[alamakazim]

u just need to start it .... then leave it on... because it sucks too much current in the initial startup

 

[MrBigBen]

u just need to start it .... then leave it on... because it sucks too much current in the initial startup

So with a soft start, it does not matter what your circuit breaker rating is?

 

[alamakazim]

So with a soft start, it does not matter what your circuit breaker rating is?

It will not suck so much la....

Yr blender take how much + some overhead

 

[Koenig168]

There is an initial power surge when you switch on the transformer. Apparently, not enough to blow the fuses on the transformer but sufficient (combined with other power draw) to trip the circuit breaker. You can try switching off all other appliances before switching on the transformer. After that, you can switch on the other appliances.

A bit too much hassle for a blender IMHO. It would be easier to just buy another blender.

 

[jtjt00]

..... A bit too much hassle for a blender IMHO. It would be easier to just buy another blender.

Agreed, too much hassle to start the 5kw monster just to use the blender. Any miss step will trip the breaker.