Electrical goods

Hi,
I'm new to this forum, we are hopefully moving to NZ april/may this year. Does anyone have any experience with UK appliances working in NZ.

ie Will my fridge, washing machine, TV etc work in NZ.

Thanks in advance,
Darran
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Hi Darran,
Unless your electrical goods are very close to your heart, i wouldnt bother shipping them. Your TV will only work with modification, but your fridge will work fine with a change of plug, most other appliances work fine with a change of plug too.

Shipping them can be expensive though, and you will lose any warranty on the appliances.

Your best bet it to get a quote for shipping them, and an idea of how much you would get by selling them.

Add the cost of shipping to the income from sales (ie ?1000 for shipping plus ?1500 from sales = ?2500) and convert to NZD (would be approximately $6700) and that gives you the amount of money to replace them in NZ. $6700 will buy you a very nice TV, Fridge, Vacuum, Stereo system, kettle, iron, and probably even a 3 piece suite!

Play with the figures :icon_wink:

Taffy,
You say the TV will require modification, what actually is the difference between the UK and NZ TV is NZ NTSC ?

Thanks,
Darran

Hi,
NZ is on the PAL system, but a different version. If i remember rightly, its something to do with getting a picture, but no sound.. also i think the picture is fuzzy due to the magnetic difference of being in the southern hemisphere.

This can all be altered apparently, but isnt that cheap to do.

I've heard a few people say if you run a UK TV through an NZ Video or DVD, you get sound and pictures - we're shipping everything, so it's not going to cost extra to ship the tv's so we're bringing them and the UK video recorders for the kids to watch videos on.

Hi,
I've spoken to another person regarding tv's, I may be wrong but i've been told if your tv is plasma or LCD and you are running the signal through the scart lead there should be no problem. The problems arise when you use the aerial socket.
Darran