Is the electric the same in DR as is in USA

I was wondering if I could plug an appliance from USA in the wall in DR without an adapter?
Could somebody please help.
Thank You

Yes you can, but in line with what HB said, there are many hours in the day where you could stick a fork into the wall outlet and not much would happen!

Beware the system here, though, they do not have the same standards as the US/Canada and have very poor voltage and frequency control...so when we do have power it is terribly hard on motors and such.

marc

Thanks I think my friends and I have plenty of info now,
You two have been a great help.
God Bless Ya.

My very first trip to the D.R. Many years ago I befriended and became enchanted with a family of modest means (thank God it wasn't a single woman!) and so when I won a Microwave I decided to just give it to them as I already had a couple. (First lesson: I shipped it down there and that cost more than the microwave or a plane ticket, but that was besides the point.) The next trip I went to see them and they told me that they thought the microwave was damaged in shipping. I took a look at the situation and the truth was that though they paid their electric bill, they had never received an adequate voltage or current to operate the keypad of the microwave. The microwave was fine, but wouldnt work because they had about 80 volts A.C. !!
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P.S. for all electrical experts out there, you know how important polarity is for A.C. but that is beyond the scope of the tyro or the inexpert so we won't go into it here.

Some places here suffer from low voltage. In Monte cristi you must buy either a small transformer like the one on the telephone poles or but what they call an elevator. Also most places do not have good grounds this will affect your amperage. The best thing to remember nothing here is like the states.

I think you have AC and DC confused. AC power has no fixed polarity, as it goes from pos to neg at a frequency of 60Hz. DC power, like your battery, has a positive and negative pole, which you sometimes have to be careful of.

Sounds like you may have been told this by someone here on the island...perhaps someone doing some electrical work for you?

marc

The electricity had been about 70-80 Volts in Boca Chica for years. They recently installed new lines and meters. Now the voltage is 90-100 Volts.

One thing I did in Monte Cristi and it helped alot is I bought my own line called Endenorte had had them connect it directly from the transformer. Thus I have a private electrial line with no splices. It help 100 percent. But when you have low power you still need an elevator or a transformer on your house. Elevator min. 40 hrtz. when the power drops you will still have 110 volts. If you do not do this you will burn up things. Trust me I know I had to replace my compressor on my refrig.