I connected a US appliance to the UK electricity and it seems I have burnt it out. Smoke & smell!

I have since bought a step down converter, but all too little too late it seems.

Can my appliance be fixed?

It is an electric water filter.
Waterlogic WL-3101 Firewall Hybrid Home Water Purifier

What did you think would happen when you plugged an appliance that is supposed to run on 120V into a 220V supply?? How did you even plug it in? The plugs are different.

Can it be fixed? How are we supposed to know. We know nothing about it or what happened? This is like saying "My car died. Can it be fixed?"

If you can provide a little more detail maybe someone can help. I'd say your best bet is to contact the manufacturer. Many times small appliances like this cannot be repaired.

My guess would be no. Too much voltage. As Stan asked, how did you plug it in without a converter?

Trust me... seen it before..(lived overseas for a number of years and saw a lot of new arrivals make that mistake). surprisingly a lot of people think if you can get the right plug adapter (thats how they did it) it will work because some electronics have switching supplies that work with a wide range of voltages.

Problem.. as they just discovered. A lot of items don't.

Maybe they got lucky and just had a fuse blow...but I'm guessing its a lot more serious. Could easily cost more to fix than replace the item.

Happens every semester here with new teachers, hair dryers, small electronics.

Without someone in a shop looking at it, if there was an internal fuse or if merely a wire burnt that can be replaced?

But most likely it fried every electronic circuit in it and is not much use now.

Here in China they do have a two prong outlet that simple things can plug into, but it is all 240 (or so) anywayl

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Smoke & smell!

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That says no, it can't be repaired. At least says it would cost more to repair than to replace.

All electric devices run on smoke, not electricity.
When the smoke runs out, the device quits working.
Understand?

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Originally Posted by Missouri Bound

All electric devices run on smoke, not electricity.
When the smoke runs out, the device quits working.
Understand?

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Magic smoke. It's MAGIC smoke.
You forgot to mention that.

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Originally Posted by stanfortyman

Magic smoke. It's MAGIC smoke.
You forgot to mention that.

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It was told to me many years ago by one of my HVAC techs... I'd forgotten the magic part.
Thanks.