cinergi wrote:There are 2 ways of doing it. Disconnecting one half of the steam element or disconnecting one side of the plug. I disconnected half of the element. Took all of a couple of minutes to do so.

Doug

First of all thanks to everyone for posting their experience with the Cyncra! In order to avoid misunderstandings about the 220V to 110V conversion here's what Synesso says (posted with permission):

Regarding changing a 220v machine into 110v--this is not as simple as removing one of the legs of the element: the solenoids are all also voltage specific, the wiring is a bit different, and the motor is different, as well as the element itself.

In essence (I am not an electrician so if somebody knows better please say so) disconnecting one leg of the steam boiler element will reduce amperage by roughly 4.5A (2000VA:2=1000VA:220V=4.5A) but will not affect the voltage requirements. So it's still running on 220V.

Synesso's reply as to the difference in performance between the 110V and 220V versions (posted with permission)

The main difference between the 110V and the 220V is the wattage in the steam tank and power consumption. The 220 has 2000 watts, uses 16 amps and the 110 has 1000 watts, uses 20 amps. They both brew the same (both use a 700 watt brew element) and steam the same, the difference is the 220 is about 30 to 40% faster on warm up and recovery if you have steamed a number of pitchers back to back.

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