US Sewing Machine in UK

海を越えて引っ越すにあたり、会社が負担してくれる空輸費用内に収めるため、最低限の荷物しか持ってきてないんだけど（家具何てもってのほかです）、引きこもり生活に備えてしっかりミシンは持ってきました。それもミシン、ロックミシン、カバーステッチミシン、と３台も。

空輸用に荷物を詰めたのはいいけど、実はイギリスで使えるかどうかちょっと心配だったのよ。電気の仕組みがちがうから。ボルト数と周波数が違うんだよね。（ちなみに東日本と西日本では周波数が違うって知ってた？）

そんなわけで、変圧器を使ってミシンが動くか、動いても内蔵のコンピューターとかモーターに支障が出ないか、ちょっと賭け。

でもちゃんと動いたわよ～。はぁ、よかった。

Because of the limited amount of personal belongings that we were able to ship to the UK within the shipping allowance, we brought bare minimum. However, I needed to bring my sewing machines because I knew I would be stuck at the house all day so needed something to do.

The only problem was that US and UK use different electricity setting, and you will need a voltage converter, in addition to the plug adapter. We did not bother to bring any electric appliances like hair dryer because it's cheaper to buy one over buying a converter for each appliance. (By the way, half of Japan uses 50Hz and the other half uses 60Hz, did you know that?)

So, I wasn't sure actually when I packed my sewing machines for shipping if I could really use my sewing machines using a converter. I still packed my sewing machine, serger, and a coverstitch machine...

Well, the answer is, they all worked!

So here is my set up. The transformer is plugged into the UK wall outlet. Then I have a US serge protector plugged into the transformer, so that I can keep multiple US plugs connected.

I made my shirt (working on buttons now) using both sewing machine and a serger, and they seem to work just fine. Hooray.