The Shocking Truth About Electricity in Brazil – 220v or 110v?
From city to city, voltage varies from 110-220v and could fry your electronics when travelling if you haven’t learned what I’m about to tell you.
It’s not uncommon to arrive in a city to find out that the voltage is 110v and then to travel 1 hour north just to learn that it’s 220v in that particular city.
This is the sad and frustrating truth of the electricity situation in Brazil and on top of this, you add the element of unstable electricity due to storms and you have a quite challenging situation for your electronics.
Today, I will lay out exactly how you can find out what the voltage of a city is and what you need to know to avoid any frying of your equipment.
So much for codes and standards and the international codes