On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:06:14 -0700, rivarich wrote:

Hi, thanks for looking at my post.

The Rice cooker in question is from China where they use 220 volt 50
hertz. I want to hook it up to 220 volt 60 hertz.

In case you've never seen a rice cooker, it has a paddle switch that
you press down to put it into "cooking mode" and then after a time the
switch moves by itself to "keep warm" mode. This one also has a toggle
switch for cooking "rice" or "soup."

I'm pretty sure the heating element won't mind the different frequency
but do you think the timer or whatever it is that moves the switch will
be adversely affected?

Thanks for your help, Richard

The rice cookers I've heard of don't use a timer - they use a
thermostat. While the water is simmering, it won't go above 212F (100C).
As soon as the water boils dry, the temp. of the chamber starts to
climb, and that trips it off. For soup, they probably just have a
different set point - I had a little two-cup instant boiler for
coffee water that as soon as the water reached boiling, it would
click off.

I'd say, go ahead and do it - a couple of cups of rice is almost
free, and you won't hurt the cooker.

Cheers!
Rich