The table we build from
These are the national supply figures we quote against, and the last column is what we actually change on the machine for that market. Values are the published nominal supplies; local reality varies, and the note at the bottom of this page says what to do about that.
| Market | Supply | Frequency | Plug | What we build |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 127 V & 220 V | 60 Hz | A / G | 60 Hz compressor windings; 220 V version for built-in lines |
| United Arab Emirates | 230 V | 50 Hz | G | Standard 50 Hz build; 13 A fused plug |
| Egypt | 220 V | 50 Hz | C / F | Standard 50 Hz build |
| Nigeria | 230 V | 50 Hz | D / G | Standard 50 Hz; wide-voltage control board on request |
| Kenya | 240 V | 50 Hz | G | Standard 50 Hz build |
| Mexico | 127 V | 60 Hz | A / B | 127 V / 60 Hz motors — must be specified at order |
| Colombia | 110–120 V | 60 Hz | A / B | 120 V / 60 Hz build; larger supply cable on request |
| Peru | 220 V | 60 Hz | A / C | 220 V / 60 Hz build |
| Indonesia | 230 V | 50 Hz | C / F | Standard 50 Hz build |
| Vietnam | 220 V | 50 Hz | A / C / F | Standard 50 Hz build |
| Kazakhstan | 220 V | 50 Hz | C / F | Standard 50 Hz; EAC docs handled by importer |
Why frequency, not voltage, is the expensive mistake
An induction motor's speed is set by supply frequency and its pole count, not by the voltage you feed it. Take a hermetic compressor wound for 50 Hz and put it on 60 Hz and it turns roughly 20 % faster: capacity rises, but so does motor current and discharge temperature, and the oil is thrown at the valves harder than the design allows. Put a 60 Hz machine on 50 Hz and the opposite happens — it runs cooler but loses capacity and the condenser has to work harder for the same box temperature.
- A step-up or step-down transformer converts volts. It does not convert hertz. Anyone selling you 'we will just add a transformer' for a 50 Hz compressor in Jeddah is selling you a warranty claim.
- Refrigeration with a hermetic compressor, and any motor-driven machine with a fixed-speed motor, must be wound for your frequency.
- Pure heating elements — a deck oven's bake elements, a kettle, a bain-marie — care only about voltage and wattage, not hertz.
- Electronic controls care about both, plus the stability of the supply. That is what the wide-voltage board is for.
Single phase or three phase
| Connected load | What we normally supply | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Up to about 2 kW | 220–240 V single phase | Runs from an ordinary socket circuit with a correctly sized breaker |
| 2 – 4 kW | 220 V single phase, or 380 V three phase if you have it | Single phase works; three phase runs cooler and the cheaper motor is usually the 380 V one |
| Above about 4 kW | 380 V three phase (3N~ where neutral is needed) | Grinders over TK-32, rotary ovens, bowl cutters, walk-in condensing units, large ice makers |
| 110–127 V markets | 110–120 V / 60 Hz single phase | Mexico and Colombia: motors and controls wound for 60 Hz at the lower voltage |
If you are unsure what is at your door, send us a photo of your distribution board or your existing machine's nameplate. A nameplate reading 3N~380V 50Hz tells us everything we need; a photo of the breaker panel tells us most of it.
Plugs, cords and what we do not send
- We ship the machine with the cord type your market uses where the equipment has a plug at all (G for the Gulf and Kenya, A/B for Mexico and Colombia, C/F for Egypt, Indonesia, Vietnam and Kazakhstan, D/G for Nigeria).
- Hard-wired equipment — most three-phase machines and every cold room — arrives without a plug, because it should land on a isolator and a breaker, not on a socket.
- Travel adapters are not an electrical solution for a 400 W motor. They are how insulation gets melted.
What to write in your first message
- Country and city (grid reality in Lagos is not grid reality in Ikoyi).
- Voltage and frequency as printed on your own nameplates, not as remembered.
- Single phase or three phase, and the breaker rating on the circuit the machine will sit on.
- Whether the site has a generator, and whether it is an inverter type or a plain diesel set — a plain set with a bad waveform kills boards.
- Whether voltage is stable enough, or whether you want the wide-voltage control board.
Send those five lines with your model enquiry and we will quote the correct winding the first time. Getting this wrong is the single most expensive mistake in this purchase, and it costs nothing to avoid.
Related equipment pages
Every product page lists the supplies that family is actually offered in, taken from our export catalogue rather than from a generic chart.
| Model / Capacity | Capacity | Temp. range | Voltage |
|---|---|---|---|
| VF1.0L2-CPL | 940 L | 0~+10℃ | 220V/50Hz |
| VF1.0L2-FPL | 940 L | -6~-18℃ | 220V/50Hz |
| VF1.0L4-GCPL | 940 L | 0~+10℃ | 220V/50Hz |
| VF1.6L3-GCPL | 1465 L | 0~+10℃ | 220V/50Hz |
| VF1.6L6-GCPL | 1465 L | 0~+10℃ | 220V/50Hz |
| Model / Capacity | Capacity | Power | Voltage |
|---|---|---|---|
| TK-8 | 75 kg/h | 400 W | 220V/50Hz |
| TK-12 | 150 kg/h | 750 W | 220V/50Hz |
| TK-22 | 250 kg/h | 850 W | 220V/50Hz |
| TK-32 | 320 kg/h | 1500 W | 380V 3-phase |
| TK-42 | 650 kg/h | 4000 W | 380V 3-phase |
| TK-52 | 950 kg/h | 5500 W | 380V 3-phase |
