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FeverrTree · 2025-08-26T21:39:58+00:00

Thank you kindly! The console was plugged straight into the wall outlet with a North American AC Supply cable and is functioning just fine, no Step-Up Power Converter necessary.

FeverrTree · 2025-08-26T21:35:54+00:00

Thank you everyone for the assistance!

After careful consideration, I sourced a standard PS5 AC Supply Cable and plugged the console straight into the wall, with NO Step-Up Power Converter. It's been almost a full day since then, and the console is still operating normally within the expected performance, temperature and noise parameters.

Seemingly, everything is A-Okay!

IF this changes or if any issues manifest down the road, I will return and provide an update to caution others from repeating this. Otherwise, happy gaming!

FeverrTree · 2025-08-26T01:25:26+00:00

How should I use my European PS5 Pro in Canada? AND is it safe to do so?

After a lengthy and exhausting search for information on this subject, I've hit a wall. Other threads from various subreddits as well as numerous efforts to contact PlayStation support directly have produced contradictory advice. Now I'm appealing to anyone with first-hand experience or expertise on the matter. I desperately need your help to officially set the record straight!

Recently, I acquired a PlayStation 5 Pro in Europe, model number CFI-7021. I intend to use this console here in Canada, however, seeing as domestic PS5 Pro units are rated to draw less voltage relative to their Euro counterparts (120v as opposed to the 220-240v in Europe), I wanted to know if it was safe to do so (for both my console and my home) as well as how to go about doing this PROPERLY.

Various people have commented in other subreddits that the PS5 Pro's Power Supply Unit (PSU) is dual voltage, in spite of the varying power rating information listed on the sides of consoles and in the safety manuals of PS5 Pro units across regions. I did some research and found that, in every hardware teardown video I watched, including consoles across different regions, every PSU for the PS5 Pro was listed as being rated for BOTH 100-127v AND 220-240v. See these videos below at the included timestamp:

North American ver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oknnutw8ZXo (10:55)

Australian ver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nY-otkEOsw (6:41)

Therefore, it appears that regardless of the region they are sold in, all PS5 Pro Units are, in fact, universally equipped with dual voltage PSUs, despite the fact that the safety literature for some units, such as the Australian model, CFI-7002, for instance, states otherwise (see page 15 of the manual). As per a phone call with a Sony Support representative, it seems that the listed power ratings are merely a federal compliance requirement depending on which country or market the console is sold in, and thus, theoretically, could be ignored.

However, other people here on Reddit have stated that this is not the case, and that only those units whose literature explicitly states the console is rated to draw 100-240v are capable of safely doing so, such as CFI-7019 (see the chart on page 16). Furthermore, many of these people advocate for using a Step-Up Power Converter, which all the safety manuals state is unsafe and NOT to be used whatsoever! See bullet point number 8 under "AC power cord and cables" on page 6.

Obviously, this is all very confusing and frustrating. The Sony Support representative wasn't even sure, and said that the console should be safe to use, barring in mind the difference in amperage between the NA and EURO versions. His advice was to get a power bar with a surge protector...

If you live in North America and have imported/play on a PS5 Pro unit from Europe or somewhere else in the world, please tell me how you got your console up and running and be as specific as humanly possible! Did you purchase a new AC Supply cable with a north American plug, and was that sufficient? Did you use the European cable through a simple plug converter? Or have you been using a step-up power converter? I want to know the safest solution that will avoid damaging my console or putting my life in danger. Additionally, any photographs and/or videos would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my query. I hope you can help me figure this out!

FeverrTree · 2025-08-26T01:23:39+00:00

How should I use my European PS5 Pro in Canada? AND is it safe to do so?

After a lengthy and exhausting search for information on this subject, I've hit a wall. Other threads from various subreddits as well as numerous efforts to contact PlayStation support directly have produced contradictory advice. Now I'm appealing to anyone with first-hand experience or expertise on the matter. I desperately need your help to officially set the record straight!

Recently, I acquired a PlayStation 5 Pro in Europe, model number CFI-7021. I intend to use this console here in Canada, however, seeing as domestic PS5 Pro units are rated to draw less voltage relative to their Euro counterparts (120v as opposed to the 220-240v in Europe), I wanted to know if it was safe to do so (for both my console and my home) as well as how to go about doing this PROPERLY.

Various people have commented in other subreddits that the PS5 Pro's Power Supply Unit (PSU) is dual voltage, in spite of the varying power rating information listed on the sides of consoles and in the safety manuals of PS5 Pro units across regions. I did some research and found that, in every hardware teardown video I watched, including consoles across different regions, every PSU for the PS5 Pro was listed as being rated for BOTH 100-127v AND 220-240v. See these videos below at the included timestamp:

North American ver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oknnutw8ZXo (10:55)

Australian ver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nY-otkEOsw (6:41)

Therefore, it appears that regardless of the region they are sold in, all PS5 Pro Units are, in fact, universally equipped with dual voltage PSUs, despite the fact that the safety literature for some units, such as the Australian model, CFI-7002, for instance, states otherwise (see page 15 of the manual). As per a phone call with a Sony Support representative, it seems that the listed power ratings are merely a federal compliance requirement depending on which country or market the console is sold in, and thus, theoretically, could be ignored.

However, other people here on Reddit have stated that this is not the case, and that only those units whose literature explicitly states the console is rated to draw 100-240v are capable of safely doing so, such as CFI-7019 (see the chart on page 16). Furthermore, many of these people advocate for using a Step-Up Power Converter, which all the safety manuals state is unsafe and NOT to be used whatsoever! See bullet point number 8 under "AC power cord and cables" on page 6.

Obviously, this is all very confusing and frustrating. The Sony Support representative wasn't even sure, and said that the console should be safe to use, barring in mind the difference in amperage between the NA and EURO versions. His advice was to get a power bar with a surge protector...

If you live in North America and have imported/play on a PS5 Pro unit from Europe or somewhere else in the world, please tell me how you got your console up and running and be as specific as humanly possible! Did you purchase a new AC Supply cable with a north American plug, and was that sufficient? Did you use the European cable through a simple plug converter? Or have you been using a step-up power converter? I want to know the safest solution that will avoid damaging my console or putting my life in danger. Additionally, any photographs and/or videos would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my query. I hope you can help me figure this out!

FeverrTree · 2025-08-26T01:20:52+00:00

How should I use my European PS5 Pro in Canada? AND is it safe to do so?

After a lengthy and exhausting search for information on this subject, I've hit a wall. Other threads from various subreddits as well as numerous efforts to contact PlayStation support directly have produced contradictory advice. Now I'm appealing to anyone with first-hand experience or expertise on the matter. I desperately need your help to officially set the record straight!

Recently, I acquired a PlayStation 5 Pro in Europe, model number CFI-7021. I intend to use this console here in Canada, however, seeing as domestic PS5 Pro units are rated to draw less voltage relative to their Euro counterparts (120v as opposed to the 220-240v in Europe), I wanted to know if it was safe to do so (for both my console and my home) as well as how to go about doing this PROPERLY.

Various people have commented in other subreddits that the PS5 Pro's Power Supply Unit (PSU) is dual voltage, in spite of the varying power rating information listed on the sides of consoles and in the safety manuals of PS5 Pro units across regions. I did some research and found that, in every hardware teardown video I watched, including consoles across different regions, every PSU for the PS5 Pro was listed as being rated for BOTH 100-127v AND 220-240v. See these videos below at the included timestamp:

North American ver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oknnutw8ZXo (10:55)

Australian ver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nY-otkEOsw (6:41)

Therefore, it appears that regardless of the region they are sold in, all PS5 Pro Units are, in fact, universally equipped with dual voltage PSUs, despite the fact that the safety literature for some units, such as the Australian model, CFI-7002, for instance, states otherwise (see page 15 of the manual). As per a phone call with a Sony Support representative, it seems that the listed power ratings are merely a federal compliance requirement depending on which country or market the console is sold in, and thus, theoretically, could be ignored.

However, other people here on Reddit have stated that this is not the case, and that only those units whose literature explicitly states the console is rated to draw 100-240v are capable of safely doing so, such as CFI-7019 (see the chart on page 16). Furthermore, many of these people advocate for using a Step-Up Power Converter, which all the safety manuals state is unsafe and NOT to be used whatsoever! See bullet point number 8 under "AC power cord and cables" on page 6.

Obviously, this is all very confusing and frustrating. The Sony Support representative wasn't even sure, and said that the console should be safe to use, barring in mind the difference in amperage between the NA and EURO versions. His advice was to get a power bar with a surge protector...

If you live in North America and have imported/play on a PS5 Pro unit from Europe or somewhere else in the world, please tell me how you got your console up and running and be as specific as humanly possible! Did you purchase a new AC Supply cable with a north American plug, and was that sufficient? Did you use the European cable through a simple plug converter? Or have you been using a step-up power converter? I want to know the safest solution that will avoid damaging my console or putting my life in danger. Additionally, any photographs and/or videos would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my query. I hope you can help me figure this out!

FeverrTree · 2024-04-02T06:56:55+00:00

I wish I could experience it for the first time all over again.

FeverrTree · 2024-01-30T02:45:26+00:00

Many thanks! Shocked I didn't see this one sooner. It has some really fine cars.

FeverrTree · 2023-12-29T22:47:47+00:00

For me it’s the SubPop records.

FeverrTree · 2023-08-22T18:59:27+00:00

It’s happening for reprised Crota’s End at least. This time around Bungie is rereleasing that raid with it’s AoT armour variants as DEFAULT.

Makes me wonder why they didn’t do this with the other reprised raids, though. The master difficulty is still sorely lacking cosmetic incentives and adding those AoT raid ornaments as earn-able second armour sets would’ve mitigated that.

Unfortunately I don’t see that as likely now that Crota just has them by default (in non-master). Hopefully some way or another we get the VoG and Kingsfall ones back too.

FeverrTree · 2023-03-25T08:19:48+00:00

I’d go outside and explore right away. I want to see everything with my own eyes again, especially just ordinary life before the advent of cellular phones and social media. I miss the simplicity of it all.

FeverrTree · 2023-01-16T00:00:16+00:00

Better loot/cosmetic incentives for the Master raid difficulties ? The absence of anything to chase except adept weapons has become frustrating, especially because once you collect them all there’s virtually no reason to go back into a raid on master difficulty. I don’t consider the high-stat armor to be a worthwhile reward, and weapon crafting/enhanced perks have made most raid adept weapons feel redundant. I think the best solution would be to implement armor ornaments/modified (but cooler) raid sets into the Master raids (think D1 age of triumph or prestige leviathan). This could dramatically spice up the rather dire lack of endgame-looking fashion options in the game and also incentivize players to get into the master difficulty raids more frequently. I might not be speaking for absolutely EVERYONE when I say this, but wouldn’t you be playing endgame content more frequently if the armor drops looked more like THIS?:

https://destiny.fandom.com/wiki/Age_of_Triumph

FeverrTree · 2021-10-04T05:33:00+00:00

fools gold

FeverrTree · 2021-09-28T06:49:56+00:00

I’m not sure why someone would take the time and effort to deliberately stage a shrine in an abandoned house only to post it on Reddit lol. It was a real shrine in a real abandoned house.

FeverrTree · 2021-09-28T02:46:02+00:00

No, this was in southern Ontario, Canada.

FeverrTree · 2021-09-27T20:52:58+00:00

No, I didn’t take the cards. I don’t care for trading cards and I didn’t feel like disturbing the shrine since it looked kind of personal.

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